Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners - Variety Details

Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners is a citizen science program

Explore Varieties
Find:
in:
crop:
sort by:
order:
Login to limit results to your state or frost-free growing season.

'Ruby' Lettuce

Sub-Category:	Looseleaf

Sub-Category 2:
Description:	Looseleaf type. Plants produce dark-red, crinkled leaves
	AAS Winner in the year 1958
Days To Maturity:	NA
Seed Sources:

Rating Summary

Overall: (5.0 Stars) Taste: (4.0 Stars) Yield: (5.0 Stars) Ease/Reliability: (5.0 Stars)

Reviews

Login to share your Review of Ruby.

Number of Reviews: 1

KEY: O=Overall Rating, T=Taste, Y=Yield, E=Ease

Reviewed on 06/21/2013 by Ferdzy - An intermediate gardener
Overall Taste Yield Ease	Ontario, Canada Frost Free Season: 143 - 163 days Soil Texture: Sand Garden Size: Large - More than 1,600 square feet (40' x 40') Sun Exposure: More than 8 hours per day
One of the few dark red lettuces that stays edible into warm weather. For some reason, this variety seems a bit obscure. However, I recommend it as the best tasting dark red lettuce I have found so far. In other words, not quite as good as the best of the greens, but perfectly fine and an excellent colour variation in your salad. Has grown as well as most lettuces for us.

Vegetable Varieties for Gardeners is a citizen science program, © 2004-2024, All Rights Reserved
Cornell Garden Based Learning, Cornell University College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, Horticulture Section