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curled and of a pale green color. The plants are set ten inches 

 apart. 



Hanson. — A curled variety of an attractive light color, that forces 

 well. It is not a cabbage lettuce but forms a rather loose head. 

 Plants are set ten inches apart. 



New Iceberg. — A handsome curled lettuce with paler foilage 

 than Henderson's New York and not so compact a head. It forces 

 well. Set plants ten inches apart. 



Golden Ball is a dwarf cabbage lettuce, pale green in color, 

 slightly tinged with yellow, making a very beautiful and attractive 

 lettuce when fresh and well grown. It forces satisfactorily but 

 does not head quite so early as the Golden Queen. Set ten inches 

 apart. 



Golden Queen has less of the yellow tinge in its foliage than has 

 the Golden Ball but it heads more rapidly than that variety. It is 

 also a dwarf cabbage lettuce that forces well. Set ten inches apart. 



Prize Head forces well^but it belongs to the class having reddish 

 brown leaves and on this account not commonly used for forcing. 

 This variety is tinged with brown when young, but becomes 

 lighter and has but a slight red tinge when mature. It is a curled, 

 garnishing lettuce, quite attractive in appearance when fresh and 

 well grown. It is not a cabbage lettuce, but forms a rather loose 

 head. 



Other varieties that we have tried are on the whole no better or 

 not so good as the varieties described above. Some do not come 

 well from seed, or can not be relied upon for uniform results after 

 they are transplanted. Some are less attractive in form or color 

 than are those named above. Some have their leaves too close to 

 the soil so that they are liable to become soiled or blighted, thus 

 injuring their appearance and making it necessary to trim them 

 before sending them to market. Some are peculiarly subject to 

 blight along the edges of the leaves. Those which are described 

 above have all done well here, and include representatives of most 

 of the different types of lettuce except the cos or roniaine 

 varieties. 



While the subject of forcing is thus under consideration a few 

 hints on the care of a crop may not be amiss. 



1. The temperature should be kept down to from fifty to 

 sixty degrees during the day and forty-live to fifty during the 

 night. A higher temperature favors a more rapid growth, but the 



