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2. How does lettuce drop affect the plants? 



SH : 196-198. 



3. What practices are recommended for the drop and other lettuce 



17. Harvesting and marketing. — A great diversity of packages 

 are used in marketing lettuce. The ordinary bushel basket is 

 gaining in popularity, though smaller baskets of various descrip- 

 tions are in common use. The lettuce should be washed and 

 trimmed of all dead and wilted outside leaves. 



1. What is the best plan for you to follow in marketing lettuce ? 



2. Give a drscription of the various packages used in marketing 



lettuce. 

 W-VG : 358. W-VF : 230. Inspect your market. 



3. How is the greenhouse crop sold? W-VF : 230-233. 



18. Forcing. — An immense quantity of lettuce is grown in 

 greenhouses and cold frames. Students will find a complete 

 discussion of this -subject in W-VF : 204-234, 387-396, 403-404. 



When the crop is grown in cold frames, the soil is made very 

 rich and the plants are set about 8X8 inches apart. 



