LETTUCE 167 



the seed is taken from the water it is ready 

 to be placed in the machine and sown. By 

 so doing, it is often possible to hasten the 

 crop greatly. Sometimes the seed which is 

 soaked is above ground in two days. This 

 is a decided gain over dry seed sowing. 



Sometimes lettuce is planted with the idea 

 of sowing a crop of celery between. Then 



Companion Crops: Early Lettuce, Late Celery. 



every third row of lettuce is skipped, and 

 only the other rows are planted with the 

 seed. The celery can then be planted in this 

 skipped row. 



The grower should plan to plant another 

 strip of land in about 10 days or two weeks 

 after the first planting, and so on until the 

 middle or the last of July, when planting 



