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stead of success. In lettuce there is Grand Rapids for the 

 loose heading sort and Big Boston and Wayahead, both of 

 which make fine, solid crisp heads and will thrive in a cool 

 temperature. For your first attempt it will be best to try 

 several varieties, so that you can tell which will give you the 

 best results under the conditions which you have. The 

 Grand Rapids, grown under glass, is deliciously tender, and 

 in my opinion in no way inferior to the head lettuces, al- 

 though the latter are, of course, more blanched in the cen- 

 ters. Of radishes there are a number of good sorts for using 

 in frames, but after trying a number of varieties I now use 

 nothing but the Crimson Giant Globe and the White Icicle. 

 Both these varieties, besides being of good size and quick 

 to mature, have the further great advantage of remaining 

 an extraordinarily long time without growing pithy, so that 

 not more than half the number of plantings have to be made 

 as with such sorts as the old-fashioned French Breakfast. 

 Of cauliflowers, both Early Snowball and Best Extra Early 

 make a very compact, quick growth, and are early maturing 

 and well suited to growth in frames. Either Victoria or 

 Hardy Winter spinach is suitable for winter growth under 

 glass, and the former, while it will not stand quite so much 

 cold, is of better quality. Personally, however, I prefer 

 Swiss chard, which will give you repeated cuttings, and 

 where the weather is not too severe can be used right through 

 the winter until you need the frame for other purposes in the 

 spring. 



Of the vegetables suitable for fall planting, the lettuce, 

 cauliflower and parsley should be started early, the latter 

 part of August or early in September, and transplanted later 

 to the frames. The radishes, spinach or Swiss chard and 

 also onions for bunch onions early in the spring, and carrots, 

 if you prefer to use some of your cold-frame space to have 

 these fresh rather than to depend upon those stored in the 

 cellar, should be planted where they are to grow, but the 

 rows may be made and the beds prepared long before it is 

 necessary to use the glass to protect them from cold weather. 

 If you put them in about the same time that you sow the 



