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especially when used with muriate of potash." (Farmers' 

 Bulletin No. 105.) 



Pick the crop as wanted, best in early morning. 



Successional sowings should be made as above 

 (under Sow), noting that in the heat of summer Lettuce 

 needs careful transplanting, and that late-sown plants 

 do best when sown where they are to stand. Sow for 

 winter use in August or early September, and trans- 

 plant into frames or the greenhouse. 



Pests. The cabbage-worm will occasionally attack 

 Lettuce and must be picked by hand. If a plant is 

 found wilted down, dig for a white grub near or beneath 

 it. Such a plant, if the roots have not been entirely 

 cut off, will sometimes start again. Water and give 

 shade. If the plant is found cut off at the surface, dig 

 for the cutworm. For cutworms and white grubs, 

 dress the ground with nitrate of soda, muriate of potash 

 or kainit, and water freely to carry the salts into the 

 ground. 



LETTUCE, ASPARAGUS. Asparagus Lettuce is 

 mentioned by Vilmorin-Andrieux, and is the narrow- 

 leaved type included above. It is of little importance as 

 a garden vegetable, as it runs to seed quickly. For the 

 table it is gathered when the leaves, with their soft, 

 thick stems, are about a foot high, and is served like 

 asparagus, or used for a salad. It is cultivated like 

 common Lettuce. 



