1282 Tue VecEerasLe Inpustry in New York State 
The seed is sown in drills in the ground beds at one end of the 
house. In from two to three weeks the seedlings are pricked out 
and placed in another portion of the bed, spaced 2 x 2 inches, 
After growing here for about three or four weeks, they are set in 
the permanent bed. The spacing in the permanent bed varies 
with different growers, some spacing 7 x 7 inches, others 6 x 7 
inches, and still others 6 x 6 inches. The 7 x 7 inches spacing 
is used most extensively with the May King variety. 
In early fall and spring it takes about six weeks to mature a 
crop of lettuce after it is placed in the bed. In late fall and 
winter it requires eight or nine weeks. 
The growers in New York State sell nearly all their lettuce 
by the dozen heads, not by weight. Lettuce sold locally at Roch- 
ester brings twenty cents a dozen heads in fall, until in December, ' 
when it brings twenty-five cents a dozen for the remainder of the 
season. In smaller towns in the state the growers receive from 
twenty to thirty-five cents a dozen heads. 
No standard type of package is used to market lettuce, as most 
of it is sold locally. For shipping, the growers use various types 
of cheaply constructed packages, some merely using old orange~ 
crates, which are purchased very cheaply. 
CUCUMBERS 
At Rochester the Abundance variety of cucumber is grown - 
almost exclusively. It is a cross between the English type and 
the American type, and the growers have selected for a cucumber 
twelve inches long and about two and a half inches in diameter. 
This cross cucumber is also grown in smaller towns in the state, 
but the White Spine is grown to a greater extent away from 
Rochester. 
The seed is sown in flats, in drills about one and a half inches 
apart and about one inch between seed in the drill. As soon as 
the cotyledons have developed, the seedlings are pricked out into 
three-inch clay pots. From these they go to four- or five-inch pots, 
depending upon the length of time they are to be held before 
going to the permanent bed. It is always well to imbed the clay 
pots in soil so as to prevent drying out. The young plants are 
grown at a temperature of 70 degrees. Great care is exercised 
