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COS, OR ROMAINE LETTUCE 



"T^WO characteristics make this type deserving of a 

 *- place in every garden: its great heat resistance 

 and the crisp quality of the flat, elongated leaves. 

 Moreover, cos lettuce is much easier to grow than the 

 more exacting head lettuces. When properly bleached it 

 compares very favorably with the butterheads. 



Cos lettuce may be divided into two classes, being partly 

 of self-folding and partly of spreading habit of growth. 



Eclipse or Express Cos is the best example of the self- 

 folding type, forming symmetrical and erect heads which, 

 because of their compact growth, blanch nicely in centre. 

 It is ready in sixty days. 



Paris White Cos is of the spreading type. When of good 

 size, outer leaves of plant should be gathered up and tied 

 loosely to blanch centre. 



Magnum Bonum, as shown here, is the largest, but also 

 latest, developing in about seventy-five days. On good 

 soil plants frequently weigh two pounds. 



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