| Batavia |
75-80 |
WS |
Large with thick frilled leaves |
Light yellowish green |
A butterhead type, tolerant to tipburn. Popular
as a fresh market and home garden variety. |
| Black Seeded Simpson |
45 |
BS |
Large, upright |
Heavily frilled and crumpled light green |
Popular for home garden. Loose leaf-variety,
tolerant to heat. |
| Bronze Mignonette |
65 |
BS |
Small, compact rosette type |
Frilled, deep green or bronze |
A butterhead lettuce. Good for tropical areas. |
| Dark Green Boston |
70-75 |
WS |
Medium sized rosette type |
Smooth, wavy, dark green |
A butterhead variety, cream-white heart, fine
for forcing and fresh market. |
| Four Season/All Seasons |
65-70 |
BS |
Large size and round, rosette type, slightly wavy |
Dark green with a tinge of red brown |
A good all-around variety. A butterhead lettuce. |
| Grand Rapids TBR |
45 |
BS |
Large, upright |
Finely waved and frilled leaves, light green |
Hardy variety-resistant to tipburn. Loose leaf
lettuce, very popular and widely adapted. |
| Grand Rapids Waldeman's Strain |
45 |
BS |
Large, upright, compact |
Broad, finely waved and frilled leaf margins,
dark green |
A fresh market and home garden variety-loose
leaf type, very productive. |
| Great Lakes |
90 |
WS |
Large |
Large, coarse, dark green |
Original strain-stands heat well. Tolerant to
tipburn, crisp-head type. |
| Great Lakes 118 |
80-85 |
WS |
Large, good wrapper leaves |
Large, glossy, dark green |
Improved, medium early strain of Great Lakes.
Tolerant to tipburn. |
| Great Lakes 366 |
85 |
WS |
Large, round |
Large, firm, dark green |
Tolerant to tipburn. Good yield also in cooler
weather. Another improved crisphead type lettuce. |
| Great Lakes 659 |
85-90 |
WS |
Medium large, good wrapper leaves |
Frilled and deeply cut leaves, dark green |
Widely adapted crisphead variety-cold tolerant.
Also tolerant to tipburn and early bolting. |
| Hanson |
80 |
WS |
Large, broad outer leaves |
Thick, frilled yellowish green |
A hardy, fresh market and home garden old but
dependable variety of butterhead type. Tolerant to tipburn. |
| Minetto |
75 |
BS |
Medium sized head, dark outer leaves |
Firm, dark green |
High tolerance to tipburn. Uniform summer |
| Paris island Cos. |
66 |
WS |
Upright, cylindrical |
Large, crisp-dark green, with pale green interior |
Standard romaine variety, fresh market and home
garden. Tolerant to Mosaic. Grows well in hot and dry areas. |
| Salinas |
90 |
BS |
Medium to large heads |
Large, firm leaves, medium green |
Very attractive for summer harvest in cool western
areas. Crisphead type. Tolerant to tipburn and downy mildew. |
| White Boston |
70 |
WS |
Medium heads |
Smooth, light green |
A butterhead type lettuce. Tolerant to tipburn.
Commercial and home garden variety. |
| Climax |
90-95 |
BS |
Large head, good solidity |
Medium green |
Very firm crisphead lettuce. Tolerant to tipburn
and rib discoloration. |
| Empire |
80 |
BS |
Medium sized head, very solid |
Light green |
A slow bolting, crisphead lettuce. Tolerant to
tipburn and rib discoloration. |
| New York 12 |
75-80 |
WS |
Medium large heads, leaves with finely cut edges |
Light green |
A crisphead type lettuce. Quite tolerant to tipburn.
Early and heat resistant variety. |
