Everwilde Farms - 500 Organic Red Salad Bowl Leaf Lettuce Seeds - Gold Vault Jumbo Bulk Seed Packet

Just one plant of this red version of Salad Bowl Lettuce will fill a salad bowl with rich and tasty color! Deeply lobed leaves hold their mild, non-bitter salad quality for a long time, and have excellent heat tolerance! This variety is popular with baby leaf growers and can be cut for baby leaves in 28 days, or cut at full size in about 50 days. Red Salad Bowl lettuce was introduced to American gardens in 1955. Wild lettuce, however, from which modern lettuce is derived, originated in Asia Minor. The ancient historian Herodotus records its presence on the tables of 6th century Persian kings, and throughout the following centuries it became a popular crop all over Europe. Columbus brought it with him to the New World, starting its spread over the North American continent. Without a doubt, lettuce now holds a place in nearly every garden on the globe.