http://www.ipt.us.com/defect-identification/lettuce-rusty-brown-discoloration Fresh produce inspection training Thu, 03 May 2012 13:13:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.ipt.us.com/defect-identification/lettuce-rusty-brown-discoloration/comment-page-1#comment-853 Gaylene Rea Thu, 30 Jun 2011 23:30:19 +0000 http://www.ipt.us.com/?p=1700#comment-853 I was surprised to read that you had never seen this brown on lettuce. My grandmother used to call it "rust". It is very prevelent now on the lettuce we are getting here in the midwest at Walmart. I've seen it for the last 2 years at least. And now, I can expect to throw sometimes half a head away because of it, and the limpness of the leaves. The heads also have a lot of very thick white ribbing at the base of the head that is not appetizing at all. I was happy to find what it is called. I was surprised to read that you had never seen this brown on lettuce. My grandmother used to call it “rust”. It is very prevelent now on the lettuce we are getting here in the midwest at Walmart. I’ve seen it for the last 2 years at least. And now, I can expect to throw sometimes half a head away because of it, and the limpness of the leaves. The heads also have a lot of very thick white ribbing at the base of the head that is not appetizing at all.
I was happy to find what it is called.

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