#evasnadersbrownlettuce

Now available at www.trueloveseeds.com! Eva Snader's Brown Winter Lettuce is a winter hardy lettuce with delicious, crispy, bronzed leaves. We would plant it in September or November and harvest in early spring, but it’s also great for late winter/early spring sowing. Dr. William Woys Weaver received the seeds from Lisa Von Saunder from Amishland Seeds, who had gotten them from her friend, neighbor, and mentor Ms. Snader, who’d been growing it and selling it at an Ephrata farmers market for 50 years, and whose family had grown it for at least 5 generations in Schoeneck, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Dr. Weaver told Ms. Saunder that “it appears to be a local selection of the black-seeded Brown Dutch Winter (Laitue brune de Hollande) introduced into the US as a forcing lettuce during the 1860s.” When I worked at Roughwood Seed Collection with @williamwoysweaver, this was my favorite of the dozens and dozens (maybe hundreds?) of lettuce varieties we grew. This variety was grown for our catalog this year by @meadowhawkfarm! #seedkeeping #evasnadersbrownlettuce #lactucasativa https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ7ePRRg6IU/?igshid=1xae3roqw8i8t

Now available at www.trueloveseeds.com! Eva Snader's Brown Winter Lettuce is a winter hardy lettuce with delicious, crispy, bronzed leaves. We would plant it in September or November and harvest in early spring, but it’s also great for late winter/early spring sowing. Dr. William Woys Weaver received the seeds from Lisa Von Saunder from Amishland Seeds, who had gotten them from her friend, neighbor, and mentor Ms. Snader, who’d been growing it and selling it at an Ephrata farmers market for 50 years, and whose family had grown it for at least 5 generations in Schoeneck, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Dr. Weaver told Ms. Saunder that “it appears to be a local selection of the black-seeded Brown Dutch Winter (Laitue brune de Hollande) introduced into the US as a forcing lettuce during the 1860s.” When I worked at Roughwood Seed Collection with @williamwoysweaver, this was my favorite of the dozens and dozens (maybe hundreds?) of lettuce varieties we grew. This variety was grown for our catalog this year by @meadowhawkfarm! #seedkeeping #evasnadersbrownlettuce #lactucasativa https://www.instagram.com/p/CJ7dzs3AFI2/?igshid=pv84kl9ncf83

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