Monsanto Introduces Improved Lettuce Variety
May 4, 2012| |
Misionero Vegetables, together with Seminis® Vegetable Seeds partnered to bring consumers the new Frescada™, a U.S.- grown cross between iceberg and Romaine lettuce. Frescada™ offers the consumers a variety with the same sweet taste and crispy texture of iceberg lettuce, only with improved flavor, nutritional content, and a deeper green color.
Read more about Frescada™ lettuce at http://monsanto.mediaroom.com/debut-new-lettuce-variety.
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