Red Lettuce Varieties

Rutilai (RZ 83-80)

A red oakleaf with internal green color. Good tipburn and bolting tolerance. This variety grows faster than most  full red oak types but a little slower than full green oak types. An attractive variety with good resistance to downy Mildew. Suitable for year round production in cooler areas.

Description
- Very strong variety
- Clean, upright base
- Good frame
- Good weight
- Also suitable for outdoor production 

Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.

Lettuce Truchas is a Mini Romaine/Little Gem type that has a stunning contrast between green hearts and dark cherry red leaves. Beautiful size and color contrast pair well with the green Little Gem, Dragoon.

• Crop Lettuce
• Crop Type Little Gem
• Resistance HRBl:16-35EU/1-9US/TBSVResistance IRLMV:1
• Growing Method Open field
• Color Dark red
• Plant type Little Gem Red

Pelleted Seed

Lettuce seed from this supplier is untreated as standard.

DISCONTINUED - Alternativeds RUBYGLACE AND SCAMANDER

Multired 54 is a double red spiky type multileaf with deeply incised leaves and very small cut points.

This compact type keeps leaves small and yields well producing compact heads with good vigor, excellent tipburn tolerance and fair bolting tolerance.

High Disease Resistances (HR) Bl: 1-31; Nr: 0
Use Salad Mix; Whole Head

Variety Benefits
High number of uniform small leaves with small cut points give high recovery rate, for salad mixes with excellent shelf life

These “MULTi” types of lettuce are similar to the Salanova or Artisan types. Leaves are joined low at the base of the plant so the lettuce head can be prepared with a single cut – a real favorite at restaurants and local produce markets.

Unlike field varieties that are widely sold for use in greenhouse, these varieties are smaller framed allowing for higher plant populations with exceptional rates of growth that mean plants reach maturity much more quickly.

This variety is available as untreated, pelleted seed only

A red Multy type with oak leaf shaped leaves, Long Day. Good vigor of plant, but not compact, good bolting and low weight.

Brilliant red color. Upright plant shape.  Thin and smooth leaves. Very big leaves and lower uniformity of product.  Medium shelf life. Very nice plant.

These “MULTi” types of lettuce are similar to the Salanova or Artisan types. Leaves are joined low at the base of the plant so the lettuce head can be prepared with a single cut – a real favorite at restaurants and local produce markets.

Rubyglace type very high uniformity of plants. Very strong for tip burn and bolting.
High number of uniform leaves. For Single leaf market (Sandwich) and processing red type with dark color and thick leaves.
Plus: Resistances, Strong for Tip burn, number of leaves and plant shape.

Intense red color, Medium vigor with good base shape.

This variety is intended for Sandwich and Fresh wrap markets but the  leaf color and structure makes it widely adaptable and an attractive product for farmers market as well as restaurants

Resistances Bl: 16-35

Description
A dark red, large, heated/unheated cultivation
Gilmore has good cover leaves, slowly filling, long harvest window with a  yellow-green internal colour, red leaf base
Strong against bolting, internal tipburn and Big Vein

Resistant to HR: Bl:29-37,39,40EU

Pelleted Seed

Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.

A great looking Lollo Rossa – a very intense red color. Suitable for cultivation of land and under cover in a greenhouse or plastic tunnel. It creates a large shower head. BL 1-16, 21, 23

Lettuce seed from this supplier is Untreated as standard.

Red Multy type, Short Day.  Medium volume of plant, very fast bolting and medium - low weight.

Open plant. Nice red color. Better results in winter.  Medium thickness and curled leaves. Good uniformity and medium number of leaves.

Good volume of leaves.

Resistance: Bl1-25.

These "MULTi" types of lettuce are similar to the Salanova or Artisan types. Leaves are joined low at the base of the plant so the lettuce head can be prepared with a single cut - a real favorite at restaurants and local produce markets.

Slow bolting with a mild taste, red salad bowl lettuce is on of the standard baby leaf varieties. Ideal for salads, baby leaf mixes, the deeply lobed red leaves are an attractive choice for growers maturing at around 50 days.

Seed is non pelleted and untreated.

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.