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LETTUCE PROVIDING A CONSTANT SUPPLY 



E first lettuces to yield salads are the early loose- 

 leaf and early butterhead sorts described in the next 

 two pages. These stand the cold, damp weather of very 

 early spring to perfection, but do not thrive well later 

 in the season, when the weather gets hot. For this 

 reason, only a limited number of rows should be sown. 



The late butterhead and crisp-head sorts will do well 

 from spring-sown seeds, up to end of July or early August. 

 The Cos or Romaine lettuces resist heat best of all, but 

 even they are apt to turn bitter during hot, dry spells. 

 Here is a schedule that will provide lettuce all summer. 



On March I5th start plants of the early looseleaf or 

 early butterhead sorts by sowing seeds in boxes in the 

 house or hotbed, plants to be set into the garden by mid- 

 dle of April. Sow, at the first opportunity, outdoors, a 

 fifteen-foot row each of Black Seeded Tennisball (illus- 

 trated above), Black Seeded Big '-Boston, and California 

 Cream Butter. On May 1st follow with All Seasons, Ice- 

 berg, and New York lettuces and repeat this planting by 

 July ist. 



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