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CHAPTER X. 



LETTUCE. 



This is a winter crop aiul nearly alwa}-s a nionex-maker. 

 It is a quick one. being made m about ninety (la\s from the 

 seed. It seems particularly adapted to our Florida soil and 

 climate. It is raised to perfection in all parts of the State 

 on most an}' kind of soil, l)Ut seems to do best on the gray 

 hammock land. An acre of good lettuce will usualh' }ield 



Big Bostox Lettlxe. 



from five humlred to seven hundred and fifty crates to the 

 acre. Lettuce like the heads in the picture will run at least 

 eight hundred crates to the acre, and you can nearly always 

 get from $i.oo to $2.00 per crate f. o. b. your station. It 

 is planted any time from the first of September until the 

 last of February in the central portion of the State; in the 



