Autumn & Winter 2026: Lettuce Highlights

A winter baby cos variety with dark green outer leaves and appealing internal contrast. Suited to twin-pack sales.

• Vigorous growth through cooler periods

• Attractive contrasting leaves

• Stable, uniform base structure

• Ideal for twin-pack presentation

*New* Kobuka RZ is a glossy, dark green cos/baby gem lettuce, complementing Aulanko RZ for year-round production.

• Salanova one-cut-ready variety

• Knox trait for longer shelf life

• Well suited for mechanical harvest

• Ideal for both loose leaf and whole head markets

A small, tidy cos lettuce with blistered leaves, performing well in the shoulder seasons, and through winter Queensland.

• Blistered leaves with good colouring

• Suited to twin packs

• Upright for easy cutting

• Maintains size and quality through the season

Compact, dark green midi cos - a proven variety for year-round production in hydroponics, and soil production, in all but the coldest locations.

• Consistently good head weights

• Great shape and size for sleeves

• Strong, consistent performance

• Suitable for both soil and hydro production

Midi to large size cos lettuce with blonde-green colouring - suited to cool season production cycles

• Resistance against Fusarium (FOL 1) for QLD growers

• The Knox trait - slowing browning to extend shelf life

• Suited to processing and whole head

• Suited soil production

*New* Blonde-green midi to large-sized cos lettuce, developed for autumn and winter outdoor production.

• Good vigour

• Strength against twisting

• Resistant to the latest Bremia strain (AU25789)

• The Knox trait - for longer shelf life

Iceberg lettuce variety for late autumn and winter production across all regions.

• Versatile, performing reliably across all regions

• Vigorous plants with good head weight

• Well structured, layered internals

• Notable tolerance to Lettuce Big Vein Virus (LBBV)

A large iceberg for shoulder production cycles - excelling in Autumn and Spring. Suited to both the processing sector and the fresh market.

• Large frame

• Knox trait: reduces pinking to extend shelf life

• For processing and fresh market

• Good uniformity

A new, natural source of resistance that defends lettuce crops against both known types of currant-lettuce aphid - Nasonovia ribisnigri (Nr:0 and Nr:1). To:

• High resistance (HR) to currant-lettuce aphid

• Varieties that have been tested under pressure in real growing conditions

• Material that carries resistance while outperforming market standards:
  
  Contact us to discuss availability and arrange trials.

Traditional green oak leaf lettuce variety with glossy dark green leaves, suited to winter harvest across a variety of regions.

• Fast filling

• Vigorous

• Large frame

Red oak from the one-cut-ready Salanova range, suitable for year-round production in most areas

• Well-suited to HD sowing and mechanical harvest

• High yields of robust leaves

• Features Knox: for a longer shelf life

Green oak lettuce from Rijk Zwaan for hydroponic and cool season production.

• Vigorous, with high yield potential

• Good resistance package

• Resistance to LMV:1

A multi-leaf butterhead Salanova lettuce with soft, buttery, emerald coloured leaves. Suitable for year-round production in almost all areas of Australia, as well as hydroponic production.

• Upright habit for an easy harvest

• Strong against double heading

• Strong mildew resistance

• Versatile market destinations

New Red and green butterhead multi-leaf Salanova lettuce, a variety for year-round outdoor production in Australia for both whole head and processing markets.

• Resistance to the latest Bremia isolate (AU25789)

• Knox Trait - for longer shelf life

• Consistent, good head weights

• Good vigour and strength

New multi-leaf coral variety. A frilly incised leaf from the one-cut Salanova range, with attractive, bright green, three dimensional leaves. Vintigo is showing strong potential for fresh and processing programs.

• Upright growth, suited to mechanical harvest

• The Knox trait - extends shelf life

• Resistant to the latest Bremia strain (AU 25789)

• 3-dimensional leaves to fill the bag