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Which Variety of Lettuce(continued)
Which Variety of Lettuce?
The table below lists recommended varieties for each type (cos,
butterhead etc.) of lettuce with additional comments. It's important to
get the correct type and variety of lettuce for your area and needs. To
review the different types, click
here
and then come back here to see the recommended varieties.
Recommended Varieties of Lettuce
Type
Variety
Beginner Rating
(1 easy,3 hard)
Comments
BUTTERHEAD
Tom
Thumb
Does
well early under cloche / plastic. Matures early. Good tight heart.
A superb lettuce.
Available from Suttons
in 2006 at �1.09 for 1100 seeds!
Avondefiance
Good
disease resistance, NIAB recommended. Good maincrop summer variety
ICEBERG
/ CRISP HEART
Dickinson
New
from Dobies - very crisp. Award of Garden Merit 2004.
PICKING
/ LOOSE LEAF
Salad Bowl
Produces
leaves over a long time. NIAB recommended. Reliable
Lolla
Rosa
As
for salad bowl above. As with all red lettuce, grow for
appearance in salads, not the rather bitter taste.
COS
Lobjoits
Green Cos
Our
favorite, reliable, good taste and looks, NIAB recommended.
SPRING
MATURING
COLOMBUS
Quick
to mature, NIAB recommended
Other lettuce variety pictures. Click to enlarge:
Lettuce Delicato
Lettuce Diana
Lettuce Frillice
Lettuce Lolo Bionda
END OF LETTUCE ARTICLE
