The difference between ball lettuce and general lettuce:
1, different varieties
Ball lettuce is the western lettuce, is a variety of the West, belongs to a kind of lettuce, taste and ordinary lettuce is almost the same, there is no difference, but the appearance is still with the difference. Ordinary lettuce is common in daily life, nutritional value is very rich, with the former kinship is closer, just different varieties.
2, the leaves are different
The ball lettuce leaves will be wrapped up, the leaves around the folds, but it is not very obvious, the lower part of the package underneath the spreading of the leaves, the leaves are arranged between the leaves is very dense, neat. The leaves of common lettuce spread outward, have more folds and wavy edges, and are more loosely arranged. Individual leaves also come in a variety of shapes, from spreading to crumpled up.
3, different shapes
The shape of the ball lettuce is similar to the name, presenting a conical, round, oblate, cylindrical, etc., the overall bias of the ball type, looks more regular. Ordinary lettuce shape is irregular, no fixed shape, the leaves scattered around, looks a little messy.