Lettuce variety ‘Casey’
New lettuce variety designated ‘Casey’ is described. ‘Casey’ is a lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
1. A lettuce seed designated as ‘Casey’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 43660.
2. A lettuce plant produced by growing the seed of claim 1 .
3. A plant part from the plant of claim 2 .
4. The plant part of claim 3 , wherein said part is a head, a leaf, or a portion thereof.
5. The plant part of claim 4 , wherein said part is a head.
6. An F 1 hybrid lettuce plant, wherein the F 1 hybrid lettuce plant has ‘Casey’ as a parent where ‘Casey’ is grown from the seed of claim 1 .
7. A pollen grain or an ovule of the plant of claim 2 .
8. A tissue culture of the plant of claim 2 .
9. A lettuce plant regenerated from the tissue culture of claim 8 , wherein the plant has all of the morphological and physiological characteristics of a lettuce plant produced by growing seed designated as ‘Casey’, representative sample of seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 43660.
10. A method of making lettuce seeds, said method comprising crossing the plant of claim 2 with another lettuce plant and harvesting seed therefrom.
11. A method of making a lettuce variety designated as said method comprising selecting seeds from the cross of one ‘Casey’ plant with another ‘Casey’ plant, a sample of ‘Casey’ lettuce seed having been deposited under NCIMB Accession Number 43660.