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Fottlers Early Brunswick is a ver}- popular variety, 

 about two weeks later than the Early Summer. 



Early Jersey Wakefieid. 



For the early varieties, which we have mentioned 

 above, the seed is usually sown in hot-beds, from the 

 10th to the 20th of Februan'. They should be covered 

 about half an inch deep. In about four weeks they 

 are ready for transplanting, which is usually done in a 

 bed from which a crop of lettuce has just been re- 

 moved. They should be put in about three and a 

 half inches apart, so as to give them plenty of room to 

 grow stout and stocky. By this rule two hundred plants 

 are put under each sash. After they have obtained a 

 good start the sash should be removed gradually, to 

 allow them to harden off ; and they may be given all 

 the protection necessary in severe weather, by the use 

 of shutters. They are usually transplanted to the 



