Darlington lettuce variety
View Patent ↗A new lettuce variety designated ‘Darlington’ is described. ‘Darlington’ is an iceberg lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
1. A Lactuca sativa seed designated as ‘Darlington’ having, representative sample of seed having been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120618.
2. A Lactuca sativa plant produced by growing the seed of claim 1 .
3. A lettuce head isolated from the plant of claim 2 .
4. A Lactuca sativa plant having all the physiological and morphological characteristics of the Lactuca sativa plant of claim 2 .
5. An F 1 hybrid Lactuca sativa plant having ‘Darlington’ as a parent where ‘Darlington’ is grown from the seed of claim 1 .
6. A pollen grain of the plant of claim 2 .
7. An ovule of the plant of claim 2 .
8. A tissue culture of the plant of claim 2 .
9. A method of selecting lettuce, comprising:
a) growing more than one plant from the seed of claim 1 ; and
b) selecting a plant from step a).
10. A Lactuca sativa plant selected by the method of claim 9 .
11. A Lactuca sativa seed produced from the Lactuca sativa plant of claim 10 .