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For earliest use I often set a row of cold-frame-wintered (or 

 hot-bed-grown) plants between two rows sown with early 

 cabbages, which is merely a modification of the method of grow- 

 ing lettuce for early market in alternate rows with cabbages. 



VARIETIES. 



These are exceedingly numerous ; and many new varieties, 

 both for market and home use, are being introduced every year. 

 Indeed we have so many really good sorts that the selection of a 

 few is not without difficulty. Yet we can take any one out of 

 dozens of them, and feel perfectly satisfied with our bargain. 



Tennisball 9 Boston Market. 

 Well adapted for forcing under 

 glass ; very early, of medium size, 

 and a reliable header. 



Salamander. A favorite with 

 eastern market gardeners, and yet 

 in the front rank as a market 



Green Fringed Salamander. 



variety, as it makes 

 large and firm heads, 

 and endures the sum- 

 mer heat well, although 

 in the latter respect 

 it is now surpassed 

 by many newer intro- 

 ductions. 



Hanson. An old 

 favorite for market in 

 the New England 

 States. A good, reliable 

 header, but perhaps 

 surpassed in many 

 characteristics by the recently introduced Improved Hanson. 

 Boston Curled and 



Green Fringed. These form somewhat loose heads, and 

 therefore not adapted for market purposes ; but their curled or 

 fringed masses of foliage make them attractive for the home garden. 

 Buttercup. The most delicate appearing of any lettuce I 

 am acquainted with. Only medium in size, but the heads are 

 firm, and foliage of a most pleasing beautiful golden color, which 

 would naturally suggest the name given it. It is one of the 

 varieties that has come to stay in my garden. 



Ohio Cabbage. A beautiful summer lettuce, of very large 

 size, firm head, tender and reliable. Also good for early. 



Ohio Cabbage. 



