Description

Lettuce from Heredia
Lactuca sativa

Pale green lettuce with a pink blush. Boston type. Excellent flavor. Heredia is a village of 75 inhabitants (2022) in Spain’s Basque Autonomous Community.

Full sun, part shade. Well drained soil. Direct sowing from 4 weeks before last frost date. Sow indoors 3 to 4 weeks before transplanting. 6 mm deep. 30 cm between plants.

Germination: 98% in November 2025
Ecological seeds produced at Catherine’s Ornamental Garden.

Note
Seeds of Basque origin donated by Hugo Martorell of Sème l’Avenir. In 2023, as part of his work, Hugo went to the Basque country to discuss, among other things, the protection of ancestral varieties with the Red de Semillas Euskal Herriko Hazien Sarea organization. He brought back seeds of several varieties, including Heredia lettuce. Artisanal seed producers are very rare and varieties are kept by gardeners who eat them.

A Basque delegation came to visit several Quebec farms in the summer of 2024, including ours, to see how things are done here.