Butterhead Lettuce Varieties
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Overview
Gilmore F1 is a dark red, large-framed butterhead lettuce for heated and unheated cultivation. With good cover leaves, a slowly filling head, a long harvest window, and yellow-green internal color with a red leaf base, Gilmore is strong against bolting, internal tipburn, and Big Vein — a reliable red butterhead for year-round greenhouse production.
Key Performance Characteristics
- Type: Red butterhead
- Color: Dark red exterior, yellow-green internal, red leaf base
- Frame: Large
- Head fill: Slowly filling — long harvest window
- Bolting resistance: Strong
- Internal tipburn resistance: Strong
- Big Vein resistance: Strong
- Production systems: Heated and unheated greenhouse
Disease Resistance
- HR: Bremia Bl:29–37, 39, 40EU
Seed Specifications
- Seed treatment: Pelleted, untreated as standard
- Packaging: Available in 100, 250, 1,000, 5,000 and 25,000 seed packs
Overview
Neil F1 is a short-day butterhead lettuce for winter and spring cultivation, similar to the discontinued Fidel variety. With a medium to large frame, good color, and a strong head with a well-closed base, Neil is a reliable choice for greenhouse butterhead production in low-light seasons.
Key Performance Characteristics
- Type: Butterhead
- Day length: Short-day variety
- Frame: Medium to large
- Color: Good
- Head: Strong, well-closed base
- Best seasons: Winter and spring
- Similar to: Fidel (discontinued)
Disease Resistance
- HR: Bremia Bl:16–36EU
Seed Specifications
- Seed treatment: Pelleted, untreated as standard
- Packaging: Available in 100, 250, 1,000, 5,000 and 50,000 seed packs
Also consider Frank F1 and Charles F1 butterhead alternatives.
Alkindus F1 has slightly savoyed leaves and excellent Downy Mildew and red aphid resistance. With a medium head size, Alkindus has a beautiful dark red color and is suitable for full season production. Excellent fill and good field holding capacity.
For full season production in controlled environment systems.
Dark Red butterhead
Resistance HRBl:16-26,28,32EU/Bl:1-9US/Nr:0/TBSV
Resistance IRLMV:1
Pelleted Seed
Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.
Buttercrunch lettuce is one of the favorites for commercial growers and homegarden
Maturity 55 days or picked as baby leaf for nice buttery flavor. Can tolerate being grown outside but is an heirloom type variety that should ideally be planted late spring or early fall. Easy to grow, tipburn tolerant and widely adaptable.
Seed is non pelleted and untreated.
Overview
Cecilia RZ is a butterhead lettuce with attractive compact and uniform heads, a well-developed strong root system, and excellent field standability. With good bolting and tipburn tolerance, Cecilia is suitable for indoor production in temperate summer climate conditions.
Key Performance Characteristics
- Type: Butterhead
- Head: Compact, uniform, attractive
- Root system: Well-developed and strong
- Field standability: Excellent
- Tipburn tolerance: Good
- Bolting tolerance: Good
- Production systems: Indoor, temperate summer climate
Disease Resistance
- HR: Bremia Bl:29–32, 34, 36, 39, 40EU / Nr:0
Seed Specifications
- Seed treatment: Pelleted, untreated as standard
- Packaging: Available in 100, 250, 1,000, 5,000, 50,000 and 100,000 seed packs
Also consider Frank F1 and Charles F1 butterhead alternatives.
Clarke is a large framed butterhead for hydroponics
• Year round production possible under LED
• Slower heart filling
• Resistances: Bl:16-36EU
Pelleted Seed
Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.
