Bibb Lettuce is a member of the Butterhead group of Lettuces. It is very like Boston Lettuce, but its outer leaves are a bit darker and taste a little less sweet. The inner leaves are cream-coloured; the outer leaves are a dark green and are crisper than the inner leaves. The leaves form a loose…
Butterhead Lettuce
Buttercrunch Lettuce
Buttercrunch Lettuce is a leafy lettuce as opposed to a head lettuce. It has crisp, dark green leaves, and occasionally a tinge of red at the edge of some leaves. It has a yellowish-white “heart” at the centre, where the leaves haven’t been exposed to the sun yet and so are “blanched.” It grows well…
Butterhead Lettuce
Butterhead lettuce is a category of lettuces. These lettuces have tender leaves, with heads that are half-open: they are compact in the centre, loosely-leafed on the outsides. The loose leaves are flopsy. The leaves in the centre are very soft, thus the allusion to “buttery”, and the leaves have a milder flavour than loose-leaf lettuces….
Red Mignonette Lettuce
Red Mignonette is a butterhead variety of lettuce, with bronzey-red leaves. It is a semi-head lettuce. It can weigh up to 1 pound (450g.) The firmness and size of the head varies based on temperature during growing. It tolerates heat, and is slow to bolt, but there can be some tip burn during very hot…