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'Michelle' Lettuce

Sub-Category:	French

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	French crisp Batavia lettuce. Plants produce tall, upright, green heads that tinge with red in cool weather. Resists tipburn, bolting.
Days To Maturity:	52
Seed Sources:

Rating Summary

Overall: (3.0 Stars) Taste: (2.5 Stars) Yield: (3.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (3.0 Stars)

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Number of Reviews: 2

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 08/12/2008 by wmamateur -
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States Frost Free Season: Soil Texture: Garden Size: Sun Exposure:
I may have gotten a bad batch, but I had horrible germination of this variety.

Reviewed on 12/03/2006 by Kate Kruesi - An experienced gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Vermont, United States Frost Free Season: 123 - 143 days Soil Texture: Loam Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
Fedco says this is a good substitute for Sierra (our favorite), and I concur. It's on the annual reorder list.

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