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ing, plain or crimped leaved, and green or russet. The Cos lettuce, 

 or Romaine, is coarser leaved, growing in a tight upright head, and 

 • is grown, chiefly in summer. The other lettuces may be grown, 

 according to variety, in the cool weather of spring or fall, or in sum- 



Fig. 189. — Various kinds of lettuce. 



mer. Consult your seedsman as to which to buy for your locality. 

 Plant the earlier varieties in successive intervals of ten days or two 

 weeks until late May ; then begin planting the summer kinds. In 

 August begin again with the cold-weather varieties. Set frames 

 over them when frosts begin, and carry them to December. To 

 grow good head lettuce is not easy, for it requires rich soil and care- 



