Vegetable Forcing in New York State 



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The one important factor to be kept in mind with fall tomatoes 

 is to get an early start and have all the fruit set before the period 

 of dark, gloomy weather. This will necessitate sowing the seed 

 the latter part of June in order to have the plants ready for the 

 beds the latter part of August. These plants should give a good 

 crop of mature fruit for the Thanksgiving and Christmas markets. 



The usual cropping plan followed by most growers in New 

 York State is lettuce and radishes in fall and winter. In spring 

 the houses are given over to tomatoes and cucumbers, most men 

 sacrificing an extra crop of lettuce in spring for an early crop 

 of cucumbers or tomatoes. 



Fig. 368. — Planting Lettuce in a Large Commercial House 



LETTUCE 



There are two types of lettuce grown at Irondeqnoit, the leaf 

 or bunching type and the Grand Rapids variety of this type. 

 A loose head type is grown for local market, the variety being 

 known as May King or Improved Keene. The Grand Rapids let- 

 tuce is shipped to smaller towns of the state and to the mining 

 districts in northern Pennsylvania. The growers in smaller towns 

 grow the Grand Rapids variety almost entirely. 

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