Red Batavia
A tender, sweet and bright lettuce with slightly ruffled leaves.
This fantastic blend of texture and taste makes it the ideal base to any salad, adding colour and flavour, which oily dressings can easily cling to. A natural partner is Green Batavia, which also has a large bubbled leaf and makes a lovely colour contrast on the plate. Something of a vintage leaf, it was first documented in print in 1885 and is grown widely throughout Europe and the USA, taking about 50 days to grow from seed to mature leaf.
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