LETTUCE COMMODORE NUT

Description

Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Commodore Nut

British heirloom, Lettuce ‘Commodore Nut’ bred by Sutton & Sons, Reading, England by 1892, small leaf Cos lettuce with an excellent flavour for salads.

English common name: Lettuce / Cos

Maturity: Early, fast cropping for successional sowing

Best period to harvest: small leaves as a baby leaf or larger leaves for salads

Production: containers or open field

Culinary use: eat leaves in salads.