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LETTUCE WHEN AND HOW TO SOW 



ANY soil will grow lettuce, though a deep, friable loam 

 well enriched with manure and full of humus will most 

 quickly produce the choicest heads. A heavy soil should 

 be made lighter by adding some sand or ashes. Soils of a 

 light, sandy nature need large quantities of manure. 



Start with any soil available, about middle of April 

 or as much sooner as garden can be made. The young 

 lettuce plants are very hardy and belated frosts do not 

 injure them. Sow seeds in rows, two feet apart, covering 

 one-quarter to one-half inch deep, depending on soil. 

 Sow very thinly, dropping about two or three seeds to 

 every inch. The average packet will sow fifty feet of row. 



A constant supply may be obtained by sowing sorts 

 maturing in succession or by sowing short rows of the 

 same kind at regular intervals. But when adopting the 

 latter course, keep in mind that there are different sorts 

 for different seasons. Sorts that do nicely during the cool 

 spring months will not form heads during the summer. 



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