Batavian lettuce 'Apache RZ' / 'Ligier RZ'
- Product number: 250000
- Origin: Europe
- Latin: Lactuca sativa, Cv. group Crisp Lettuce
Deep dark red, loose heads with a wonderfully crisp texture. Resistant to extreme weather conditions. This is a modern, deep red Rijk Zwaan selection with exceptionally good yields; in the catering industry, there is high demand for the harvest of the young, loose leaves.
France is the birthplace of this crisp lettuce, originating around 1850. Batavia lettuce is generally considered the precursor to Iceberg lettuce, which traveled from the USA to Europe with American soldiers starting around 1950.
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Latin: Lactuca sativa, Cv. group Crisp Lettuce
Dutch: Bataviasla
Also known as: Loose-head lettuce variety
English: Crispleaf Lettuce
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- Flower colour: Yellow flowers
- Origin: Europe
- Average growth height: 30 to 60 cm
- Annual or perennial: Annual
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- Winter hardy: Not frost hardy
- Ease of cultivation: Easy
- Latin: Lactuca sativa, Cv. group Crisp Lettuce
- Dutch: Batavia lettuce
- Also known as: Cramp iron
- English: Crispleaf Lettuce
