CABBAGE LETTUCES 



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lines, and should receive a good watering if the weather 

 is fine, so as to settle the soil around the roots. This 

 crop of Lettuces is generally fit to gather about the 

 end of May. 



Other sowings of the same varieties may be made 

 at the end of February or early in March, and then 

 every fortnight until August, in due course planting 

 out about a foot apart, or intercropping with other 

 vegetables. Such crops take from fifty to seventy 

 days to mature, according to the season. 



During the period of growth it will be necessary to 

 run the hoe between the plants to stir up the soil, 

 not only to keep the weeds down, but to encourage 

 quicker growth. In the event of very dry weather, 

 frequent waterings will be necessary, or a mulching 

 from the old manure beds may be placed on the 

 surface of the soil to retain the moisture. 



Other Cabbage Lettuces that may be sown at the 

 same time as the 

 "Palatine" and 

 treated in the 

 same way, are 

 " White - seeded 

 All the 

 Year Round " 

 (blonde d'ete) or 

 " Royal," (fig. 

 43) an early and 

 productive kind; 

 "Brown Chavigny," a strong-growing kind; the 

 " Large Brown Paresseuse " or " Grise " Lett ace 

 of the Paris market-gardeners ; and the " Brown 

 Champagne " all varieties of first-rate quality. With 



FIG. 43. " ALL THE YEAR ROUND " 

 CABBAGE LETTUCE. 



