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the height of the season cuttings are made every day, and only the well- 

 developed, firm heads removed. These are sorted and graded as they are 

 packed. The packing may be done either in the field or in the packing 

 shed. Lettuce is usually marketed in the half -barrel veneer basket, each 

 package being filled with heads of a uniform size and condition. The 

 bottom layer of heads is placed stem end down and the remaining 

 layers stem end up, as illustrated (Fig. 18). Lettuce should be dry 

 before being packed and the heads placed together firmly and snugly in 

 the package. Each package should be well filled, so as to reach market 

 in good, full condition. Fig. 19 shows lettuce packed ready for shipment. 



CUCUMBERS. 



The marketable size of cucumbers is from six to nine inches in length. 

 "When cut from the vine they keep better, and the vine is injured less 

 than where they are pulled. In seasonable weather they are usually 



Fig. 20. — Cucumbers Properly Packed. 

 (Thoto by H. II. Hume.) 



gathered every second or third day, and should be graded and sorted as 

 carefully as all other vegetables. Those grown in greenhouses and under 

 glass are packed in boxes about eight inches deep and twenty-four inches 



