Descriptions and Pedigrees of Nine Varieties of Lettuce

Abstract

As a result or research headed by the latt' senior author, 17 \'arieties of leuu('e were lien loped antI released O\'l'r a 30-year period.This bulletin contains deseriptions and pedigre.es of nine. of these varieties, some or whieh have already become commercially aeeeptable; others show promise.. 1\105t of the hrt'eding work was done at the Plant Industry Station of the 'Lnited States Department of Agriculture at Uclt"ville, Mil.Sine.e 1955. the projel't has heen loc.ated at the United States Agricultural Research Station at Salinas, Calif.These varieties inellide five erisphead-Lakeland, Climax, Golden State (indudts four strains: A, n, C, and D), Vangu<lrd, and Merit; om' hutterhead, Midas: and three loose-leaf varieties-Slobolt, Salad Bowl.and Rwl\', The Golden State "trains, Vanguard, and Climax Were re leased jointly by theCnited States Dl.'llartmcnt of Agriculture and the California Agril'ultural Experiment Station, Lakeland was rel('ascd jointly with the "~iseon;;in Agrieliitural Experiment Station.The other varieties were released by the Cniteli