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LETTUCE INDEX

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Which Variety of Lettuce

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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 Picture of lettuce Delicato
Lettuce Diana Lettuce Diana picture
Lettuce Frillice Picture of lettuce Frillice
Lettuce Lolo Bionda Picture of Lettuce Bionda

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