Crop: Lettuce (Lactuca sativa)

Use/Type: Standard

Breeder: Frank Morton Wild Garden Seed

OSSI Pledge Date: 4/17/2014

Release Date: 4/17/2014

Bred for Organic Systems: Yes

Commercial Availability: Yes

Variety Type: Finished Variety

Description

The most intensely pigmented and deeply savoyed lettuce we sell. Very dark purple-red leaf/semi-cos heads with gorgeous rumpled and puckered hearts. An eye-catching standout in trials from Maine to Philomath High for summer color and autumn cold hardiness. High scores for resistance to Sclerotinia and downy mildew in ’02 and ’03 disease plot trials Farm Original Variety!

Availability from OSSI Seed Company Partners

• Wild Garden Seed
• Adaptive Seeds
• Fedco Seeds
• Hawthorn Farm
• Fertile Valley Seeds
• Grand Prismatic Seed
• Kitchen Table Seed House
• Uprising Seeds
• Quail Seeds