Outstanding Qualities

• Bright green colour
• High tolerance to tipburn
• Slow to bolt

Larissa is a bright green butterhead type lettuce that forms part of Sakata’s lettuce range. Larissa is showing high tolerance to tip burn and is slow to bolt. This variety produces moderately closed heads, suitable for pre-packing. Larissa forms cubic-shaped shoulders which add to the visual appeal of this butterhead lettuce. Larissa is best suited for open field production in warm climatic conditions. Larissa needs 55 – 58 days to mature after transplanting seedlings.

Special Varietal Requirements

• Don’t plant in times of frost and very high temperatures

CHARACTERISTIC LARISSA
KIND Lettuce
(Lactuca sativa L. var. capitata L)
TYPE Green Butterhead lettuce
MATURITY Approximately 55 - 58 days from transplant to harvest
SEASON Warm - mild
HEAD SIZE Medium - large
HEAD COLOUR Bright green outer leaves, butter yellow inner leaf colour
ATTACHMENT Small
DISEASE High resistance: Lettuce mosaic virus (LMV-II); Pythium spp. (PSPP); Bremia lactucae
(Downy mildew) (BI :1-16 & 31)
BOLTING REACTION Slow
UNIFORMITY Good
MARKETS / END USE Novelty, pillow pack and home garden
POPULATION GUIDE Open field production: 70 000 – 80 000 plants/ha
 (30 cm in row, 60 cm between rows)
SPECIAL FEATURES Tip burn tolerance and slow to bolt. Good visual appeal butter lettuce for pre-packs/pillow
packs.