Romaine wins here. Unlike iceberg, romaine can handle the heat. Its robust leaves caramelize nicely on a grill or in a hot ...

Iceberg's large, crisp, cooling, bowl-like leaves offer the most surface area, providing great contrast to voluminous, soft, light fillings. However, iceberg tears readily when packed with heavy or ...

Recommended crisphead lettuce cultivars for Louisiana include Crispino, Great Lakes, Keeper, Ithaca, Maverick and Raider. Harvest these once a firm head forms.

Iceberg lettuce makes no health claims, but what's not to like about a food that provides .5 grams protein, .7 grams fiber, 10 milligrams calcium, 78 milligrams potassium, 1.5 milligrams vitamin C ...

Iceberg lettuce makes no health claims, but what's not to like about a food that provides . 5 grams protein, . 7 grams fiber, 10 milligrams calcium, 78 milligrams potassium, 1.5 milligrams vitamin ...

Lettuce comes in four basic types: looseleaf or rosette; Bibb or butterhead; cos or romaine; and iceberg or crisphead. Looseleaf types do not form a head, but stay in a rosette.

Here's which types of lettuce are most popular, why these greens are good for you and what you need to be mindful of as you include more in your diet.

Unlike romaine, butterhead, and loose-leaf lettuce, crisphead, or iceberg, lettuce exhibits heading-a phenotype in which flat and expanded rosette leaves fold inward upon emerging to form a ...

Florida Salad 1cup of romaine lettuce, torn 2 peeled and sliced carrots ½ cup coarsely chopped escarole 1 seeded and sliced green pepper ½ cup coarsely chopped endive 1 peeled and sectioned ...

With the popularity of lettuce and how easy it is to grow, it has become the main choice for most farmers. It’s not hard to see why it is at the top of the 10 easiest farm crops to grow.

Sylvie Jenni, Fatiha Loukili, Behrouz Ehsani Moghaddam, In Vitro Culture Response of Apical and Axillary Shoot-Tips Excised from Crisphead Lettuce Cores Depends on Head Maturity, Not Storage Time, In ...