Dating back to 1952, this HEIRLOOM lettuce is named after the actual Parris Island off the coast of South Carolina. Flavorful pale-creamy green heart is surrounded by thick green outer leaves on enormous upright plants. Parris Island Cos romaine lettuce seeds can be planted close together for a long harvest of baby leaves for gourmet salads. Given space and time to grow, Parris Island will form huge crazy size heads up to 12? tall. Even at this size, the leaves are tender and succulent, with mild flavor.