L282 Tjie Vegetable Industry in New York State 



The seed is sown in drills in the ground beds at one end of the 

 house. In from two to three weeks the seedlings are pricked out 

 and placed in another portion of the bed, spaced 2x2 inches. 

 After growing here for about three or four weeks, they are set in 

 the permanent bed. The spacing in the permanent bed varies 

 with different growers, some spacing 7x7 inches, others 6x7 

 inches, and still others 6 x inches. The 7x7 inches spacing 

 is used most extensively with the May King variety. 



In early fall and spring it takes about six weeks to mature a 

 crop of lettuce after it is placed in the bed. In late fall and 

 winter it requires eight or nine weeks. 



The growers in New York State sell nearly all their lettuce 

 by the dozen heads, not by weight. Lettuce sold locally at Roch- 

 ester brings twenty cents a dozen heads in fall, until in December, 

 when it brings twenty-five cents a dozen for the remainder of the 

 season. In smaller towns in the state the growers receive from 

 twenty to thirty-five cents a dozen heads. 



No standard type of package is used to market lettuce, as most 

 of it is sold locally. For shipping, the growers use various types 

 of cheaply constructed packages, some merely using old orange 

 crates, which are purchased very cheaply. 



CUCUMBERS 



At Rochester the Abundance variety of cucumber is grown 

 almost exclusively. It is a cross between the English type and 

 the American type, and the growers have selected for a cucumber 

 twelve inches long and about two and a half inches in diameter. 

 This cross cucumber is also grown in smaller towns in the state, 

 but the AYhite Spine is grown to a greater extent away from 

 Rochester. 



The seed is sown in flats, in drills about one and a half inches 

 apart and about one inch between seed in the drill. As soon as 

 the cotyledons have developed, the seedlings are pricked out into 

 three-inch clay pots. From these they go to four- or five-inch pots, 

 depending upon the length of time they are to be held before 

 going to the permanent bed. It is always well to imbed the clay 

 pots in soil so as to prevent drying out. The young plants are 

 grown at a temperature of 70 degrees. Great care is exercised 



