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Lettuce (lactuca) has many varieties but only a few are generally available in the marketplace. It is a spring and fall crop because it grows best between a nighttime low of 40 degrees and a daytime high of 80 degrees. We will explore the traits, care and uses of those sold and even grown in our area. Common lettuce (lactuca sativa) includes three easily found varieties. One is the tightly compressed head lettuce with a pale green central ball of firm leaves surrounded by sturdy darker green leaves. It is neutral in flavor but the fast food industry made it famous by cutting it chiffonade style for hamburgers and sandwiches. Iceberg is the most available head lettuce and has an interesting “name history.” In the 1900s U.S. growers transported it in train-wagons covered with crushed ice. Its semblance to icebergs inspired the name! The second type of common lettuce is loose-leaf. It forms a relaxed rosette of soft, fringed leaves with colors that vary from...
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