HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
LETTUCE— PROVIDING A CONSTANT SUPPLY 
T HE first lettuces to yield salads are the early loose- 
leaf and early butterhead sorts described in the next 
two pages. These stand the cold, damp weather of very 
early spring to perfection, but do not thrive well later 
in the season, when the weather gets hot. For this 
reason, only a limited number of rows should be sown. 
The late butterhead and crisp-head sorts will do well 
from spring-sown seeds, up to end of July or early August. 
The Cos or Romaine lettuces resist heat best of all, but 
even they are apt to turn bitter during hot, dry spells. 
Here is a schedule that will provide lettuce all summer. 
On March 15th start plants of the early looseleaf or 
early butterhead sorts by sowing seeds in boxes in the 
house or hotbed, plants to be set into the garden by mid- 
dle of April. Sow, at the first opportunity, outdoors, a 
fifteen-foot row each of Black Seeded Tennisball (illus- 
trated above), Black Seeded Big Boston, and California 
Cream, Butter. On May 1st follow with All Seasons, Ice- 
berg, and New York lettuces and repeat this planting by 
July 1st. 
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