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Shade must be provided then, to keep the plants 

 edible. A good plan is to plant an early crop ; 

 then a small row three weeks later. In most places 

 this will keep up the supply into July. During mid- 

 summer there will be so many other good things from 

 the garden that lettuce will not be missed. A sow- 

 ing late in July will give a fresh crop for fall. 



Shade for Lettuce in Hot Weather. — If lettuce 

 is wanted during hot weather, it should be planted 

 in a shady spot, or shaded with a lattice. The Cos 

 lettuce may be used for the hot-weather crop. This 

 grows in a tall, erect head. The outside leaves 

 should be gathered and tied together with a soft 

 string, or strip of rag, in order to blanch the leaves 

 and make them crisp. 



Enemies 



Lettuce is one of the few garden vegetables which 

 is troubled by no disease, and by no worms or in- 

 sects, when once well started. The cutworm is, 

 indeed, fond of it; but he can do little harm to the 

 lettuce bed if some of the cutworm bait, arsenate of 

 lead and bran with sweetened water, is dropped in 

 spoonfuls between the rows. 



