50) RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL. 
EEA’ TUCE: 
LaitveE (Fr.), Latticu (Ger.), Lecauea (Sp.). 
Early Cabbage, or White Butter-Head. 
Improved Royal Cabbage. 
Brown Dutch Cabbage. 
Drumhead Cabbage. 
White Paris Coss. 
Perpignan. 
Improved Large Passion. 
Lettuce is sown here during the whole year by the market gardener. Of course 
it takes a great deal of labor to produce this vegetable during our hot summer 
months. 
June.”’ 
For directious how to sprout the seed during that time, see ‘‘Work for 
The richer and better the ground the larger the head will be. 
Lettuce is grown anywhere else than in New Orleans during fall and spring. 
No finer 
The 
seed should be sown broad-cast, and when large enough, planted out in rows a foot 
apart, and from eight to ten inches apart in the rows. 
Some kinds grow larger 
than others; for instance, Butterhead will not require as much space as Drumhead 
or Perpignan. 
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Drumhead Cabbage Lettuce. 
Improved Royal Cabbage Lettuce. 
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Barly Cabbage, or White Bat- 
ter, An early variety. forming a solid 
head, but not quite so large as some | 
others, It is the best kind for family 
use, to sow during fall and early spring, 
as it is very early and of good flavor. 
Improved Roya! Cabbage. This 
is the most popular variety in this State. 
Heads light green, of large size. and 
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White Paris Coss Lettuce. 
about two weeks later than the White 
Butter. It is very tender and crisp; can 
be sown later in the spring than the 
foregoing kind, and does not run into 
seed so quickly. 
Brown Duich Cabbage. A very 
hard kind, forms a solid head; not so 
popular as many other kinds; good for 
winter, 
