Maule's Philadelphia Butter Organic Lettuce Seeds

A classic heirloom lettuce with documented history tracing back to the 1800’s. This is a tender, green butterhead lettuce that may have very slight tinges of brownish red at the outer edge of the leaves. Reliable and cold hardy, it grows well in protected culture, and outdoors in the field during cool seasons. This variety was bred by Philadelphia seedsman William Henry Maule, and was marketed heavily in the city of Philadelphia. Maule developed this variety from a variety named California Cream Butter, which was released by world famous W. Atlee Burpee in 1888. An excellent variety for lettuce wraps, individual leaves are bowl shaped and have fresh flavor. This lettuce was introduced to us by Clint Freund, one of our skilled seed growers from Wisconsin. 50-60 days to maturity.