144 VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECTS 



1. What varieties of lettuce will be most likely to yield you the 



largest profits ? What are your reasons ? 

 Consult markets and seed catalogues. 



2. How may varieties of lettuce he classified? 



W-VG : 351, 354. C:271. 



3. Which are of the greatest commercial importance f W-VG: 



353. 



4. What do you know about the Grand Rapids lettuce ? Big Boston f 



Tennis Ball f W-VG : 353. W-VF : 207. 



5. What varieties are grown most extensively in muck soils f 



6. What varieties should he selected for midsummer sales f 



7. What varieties do your neighbors growf 



4. Obtaining seed. — All that has been said in previous project 

 discussions applies to the obtaining of lettuce seed. The utmost 

 care should be exercised. Only reputable seedsmen should be 

 patronized. It is also possible to grow superior seed at home. 



1. Where can you obtain good seed of the varieties desired? 



2. Where do your neighbors buy seed ? 



3. How would you proceed to grow good seed at home ? 



W-VF : 209. 



5. Constructing the hotbed. — Early plants may be started in 

 hotbeds in the same manner as tomatoes and cabbage. (W : 44.) 



6. Constructing the cold frame. — Early plants may be trans- 

 planted from the hotbed into a cold frame or the seed may be sown 

 in the cold frame. (W : 46.) 



