Moskovskiy Parnikovyi

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Moskovskiy Parnikovyi
Type	butterhead
Leaf color	yellow-green
Variety type	commercial heirloom, open-pollinated
Country	Russia

Tatiana Kouchnareva (B.C KO T). Moskovskiy Parnikovy. 2013-06-04.

B.C KO T

Heading variety of lettuce with pale green tender leaves, best for the fall or overwintering in a greenhouse for an early spring crop. Wonderful flavor. Black seed. It also grows very well indoors.

Seed source:

Jeff Fleming of Augusta, Michigan (MI FL J) 09 / Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus (BELR BA A)

Year grown: 2013

Location: Zone 7b, PNW, Anmore, BC, Canada (760 ft above sea level)

History

Old Russian commercial variety. Bred in the early 1950s by VNIISSOK.
First offered in the Seed Savers 2009 Yearbook by Andrey Baranovski of Minsk, Belarus (BELR BA A), seeds from a Russian CV.
Introduced commercially in North America by Tatiana's TOMATObase Seeds in 2014.

Russian name: Московский парниковый

The name means 'Greenhouse lettuce from Moscow' in Russian.

Description in Russian

"Популярный, скороспелый сорт листового салата (от всходов до уборки урожая 35 дней). Растение массой 80-150 г. Листья средне-пузырчатые, нежные, сочные, отличного вкуса. Великолепно подходит для получения ранней зелени. Рекомендуется для выращивания в открытом и защищенном грунте, а также для получения зелени в комнатных условиях."