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CORN SALAD, OR LAMB’S LETTUCE 
A DISTINCT cool weather crop that does well only 
in sections enjoying a cool climate. It can be grown 
in all parts of this country during fall, winter, and early 
spring. Seeds are generally sown in the fall, in either 
small beds or short rows, eight to twelve inches apart. 
Close planting is advisable because, with the approach of 
severe cold, the plants should be covered several inches 
deep with loose straw, hay, or strawy manure. 
The general directions given for growing spinach apply 
to corn salad as well. The slim, elongated leaves should 
be gathered when four to six inches long. Alone, they 
are quite tasteless and favored only by people who eat 
salads for the sake of the dressing. But served in connec- 
tion with other salad plants, corn salad is very palatable. 
The first crop is generally ready for gathering sixty 
days after seeds are sown. For a constant supply 
make repeated sowings from earliest spring until May 
ist and again from middle of August until frost. 
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