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MARKETING MUCK LAND CROPS 



cut out the middleman. The dealers will trust you and will deal 

 with you. You will get more for your crop. If you can't sell to the 

 same dealers year after year, investigate. Something is wrong with 

 your grading. 



A Member: What kind of lettuce do you raise 



Mr. Greffrath: Big Boston. 



A Member: Does it pay to raise Grand Rapids? 



Mr. Greffrath: Not in this country. It is a leaf lettuce. 

 A lettuce has been introduced which they claim will not turn red 

 with frost. Big Boston is tinged. I could not get the other name, 

 but I found a disease did attack it. 



A Member: I think they call that a French Big Boston. It is 

 not as good as the other. 



A Member: What is the objection to color? 



Mr. Greffrath: The trade doesn't like it. It doesn't look so 

 crisp. 



A Member: What kind of fertilizer do you use? 



Mr. Greffrath: That is a hard question. Perhaps a 2-8-10, 

 perhaps a 4-8-7. Some use bone meal and blood. Some get best 

 results with potash only. I have never used anything but the 

 complete fertilizer on lettuce. 



A Member : What size crates do you recommend for cold storage 

 celery? 



Mr. Greffrath: Six inches longer and three inches narrower. 



A Member: The Experiment Station people took some celery 

 out of a patch of mine this year and put a partition right through 

 the center, nailing slats each side of the post, and put up a Florida 

 crate w^ith twelve inch head. That was put in storage the fore 

 part of October and came out the eighth of January nearly as good 

 as the day it went in. 



Mr. Greffrath: Three years ago I selected eight cars of celery 

 to be put in cold storage at Elmira, and w^hen taken out in June, 

 was in good condition. This was packed in eight inch crates. Same 

 was shipped in the month of February from Sanford, Florida. 



A Member: W^hat about spraying? 



