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[edit] Reconciling the lettuce map and 'facts and figures'

From the trivia section at the bottom: "In the United States, 95% of all head lettuce is grown in California and Arizona." Yet, the map shows lettuce being grown on the east coast of the US. My first thought was that the map shows which countries grow the lettuce, but then why would there be multiple dots within a single country (like the US)? Any ideas on how we could make this more clear? --Revaaron 17:59, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Distinguishing members of the asterales from species that are not really lettuce

I wonder whether this article should mention that "Lamb's lettuce" is not, strictly speaking, a true lettuce, as it belongs to a totally different plant family to familiar varieties such as iceberg? Also, is Chinese leaf really a form of lettuce? I would be interested to hear whether any one can clarify for me whether this, as with other lettuces, is a member of the asterale family (compositae), or belongs (as I seem to recall hearing) to the family of crucifers.ACEO 20:52, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

This article should include growth of the lettuce plant from a young age and more information on what lettuces are and how they grow not irellirant information on species and subspecies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.137.246.190 (talk • contribs)

Please keep in mind that not everyone considers taxonomic information irrelevant. As for adding information that isn't in the article now, please be bold if you know where to find good information on lettuce development. --Allen 16:06, 16 July 2006 (UTC)

also, oakleaf (or oak-leaf) lettuce seems to be missing from wikipedia entirely.... 84.97.154.181 19:04, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Images

I'm moving this image here, because the page seems crowded with images, and there is already an image of Iceberg in the taxobox.

Iceberg lettuce
Iceberg lettuce

Pekinensis 21:02, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] World record

Do we need a reference for the world record inserted by 69.139.227.87? I haven't been able to confirm the information. Pekinensis 21:16, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

Do you think the second paragraph of "History" was vandalized? Either way, without the citation it should probably be removed. 63.252.64.106 03:45, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Why the hell would someone vandalize an article on lettuce? --71.112.104.213 04:44, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Maybe he got attacked by a lettuce as a child LOL - after being around here a while - I still fail to understand why people vandalize. The ones I expect are immature kids vandalizing "dirty word" articles, or adding "dirty words" to articles, or messing up the school page, or making nasty remarks about their teachers, or defaming their friends. But there are others where people spend a lot of time writing intricate articles full of nonsense. They usually get deleted within a couple of minutes - so why bother. --ArmadilloFromHell 05:01, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nutrition Comparison

Does anyone have any information about comparing the nutritional value for different types of lettuces (in particular, is Iceberg lettuce anywhere near as nutritional)? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.249.203.206 (talk • contribs)

There are small differences, but in general, the nutritional value of lettuces is so low that it doesn't make much of a difference. It's 96% water! Han-Kwang 13:05, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

This is not true at all. Head lettuce is worthless nutritionally, while Romaine lettuce is full of vitamins. Three cups of Romaine lettuce contains 87% RDA of Vitamin A an 10% RDA of iron. (Cashew 23:48, 28 October 2006 (UTC))

I confess that I only checked 2 or 3 types of lettuce before I made that remark, but after comparing butterhead and Romaine side-by-side I'm not really convinced. The vit A content in butterhead lettuce isn't so bad either, although indeed lower than in romaine. Han-Kwang 01:09, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Citation needed ?

What sort of citation would you need for this? A citation of someone describing bolted lettuce or a citation of someone associating it with verility?

"As any vegetable gardener will know the lettuce can bolt or surge vertically upwards. This combined with a milky substance they can exude when cut could have been seen as a symbol of the male phallus ejaculating [citation needed]."

The citation is asking for the second one, but that doesn't mean that the first one isn't needed. Everything should be cited, there is just a focus on less obviously "right" statements to start with. Notinasnaid 08:23, 22 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Lettuce opium

The article mentions lactucarium, an opium-like substance found in lettuce. Is this in common (I'm in the US) salad lettuce like Romaine and iceberg or only a few species? — Sam 23:36, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I think this is found in "wild lettuce" (Lactuca virosa) not the same as commercially available lettuce. It grows as a weed in North America. Badagnani 21:07, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] From?

I read in World Book that lettuce comes from Iran. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.110.221.182 (talk) 06:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Red leaf

Red leaf lettuce should be describe in the list of varieties. Badagnani 21:08, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] History section - copyvio

I have removed the History section as copyvio - it is a lift from here. Bridgeplayer 15:34, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Layout

I inserted a new picture into the article, which necessitated a wholesale change in the layout. Feel free to shuffle around further if it still doesn't look good.--Slashme 11:04, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Article needs more information

Specifically, it should mention what climate lettuce grows in.128.95.141.35 (talk) 19:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC)