62 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1891. 



tiice in a lettuce house, in this latitude, are not usually sown until 

 into March or April, and planted out where they are to fruit 

 a month later, so as to come into bearing the last of May or first 

 of June. To 2;row them in mid-winter it is necessary to have 

 houses built expressly for this business, double glazed all over. 

 But this is so expensive and the winter market is so limited but 

 few undertake it. 



