LETTUCE 201 



September sowing should be planted out on a south 

 border there to remain during the winter. They will 

 be ready for cutting during late April and May. 

 Brown Cos is at that season excellent, tender, crisp 

 and sweet. The smaller plants are left in the seed 

 bed throughout the winter. Should there be in- 

 sufficient plants from the last sowing out of doors, 

 sow again in October in a cold frame, leaving the 

 plants there during the winter, and plant them out in 

 the spring. 



Although some varieties of Lettuce are quite hardy 

 when the plants are small, they are much more tender 

 when fully grown and blanched. In the month of 

 October therefore some provision should be made to 

 protect them from frost. 



Those that are fully grown and are ready for use 

 may be protected by means of mats supported by rods 

 that are attached to short stakes driven into the 

 ground. When there is a likelihood of frost put on 

 the mats at night and remove them in the morning. 



The best protection that can be given to autumn 

 and winter Lettuce is to lift those that are well 

 developed (excepting those for immediate use) and 

 plant them in a cold frame or a pit close together 

 but without being crowded. 



In lifting, care should be taken to preserve as 

 many roots as possible ; the plants ought also to be 

 graded into two or three sizes, so that when they are 

 cut the pit may be cleared by commencing at one end 

 and proceeding uninterruptedly. This practice admits 



