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Experts say that Autumn is the best time to put out 
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WINTER LETTUCE FOR 
SPRING HEADS 
T HE earliest and the best head lettuce is that 
which gets a start in the autumn. All 
spring-sown lettuce has to run the danger of being 
overtaken by summer heat, which means that 
the heads may not fully form before they shoot 
up to seed. From plants which have firmly es- 
tablished their root-systems during the previous 
fall, the choicest and the earliest heads are grown. 
1 shall here give a few facts about the growing of 
this type of lettuce so that gardeners who 
have not yet tried it may benefit in a practical 
manner. 
Sow fall lettuce when wheat is sown. For 
most latitudes this means sometime during 
September or early October according to the 
character of the season. The ground should 
be carefully prepared so that the seed-bed 
will be sufficiently mellow to enable the little 
plants to plunge their roots deeply. The sit- 
uation should be sheltered and sunny; and it 
should always be well-drained. Ice forming 
in winter about the plants will make them rot 
off at the level of the ground. Whether the 
plants will need any actual protection from cold 
will depend on the severity of the winter. South 
of Pennsylvania, lettuce will usually stand out 
safely all winter; and even in that state I have 
frequently known it to come successfully through 
an ordinary winter. It is surprising how much 
protection both from cold and from the ravages 
of English sparrows some peavine brush affords. 
I recommend this for all middle latitudes. Sow 
the seed rather thinly so that the individual 
plants will develop well. About the first of 
December, place the brush lightly over the bed, 
and keep it there until March, or even the first 
of April. Then as soon as the ground is prepared, 
the plants should be transplanted to the place 
where the lettuce is to head. It will be found 
that the roots are so w'ell formed that instant and 
surprising growth will follow transplanting. 
In those latitudes where the weather is liable 
to be extremely severe, winter lettuce started 
outside should be transplanted to a coldframc in 
mid-November. The glass, however, need not 
he put on until winter really sets in. In a mod- 
erate-sized coldframe, several hundred plants 
can be set if the spacing is taken care of. In this 
work it should be remembered that, since the 
plants are not to develop in the frame, they may 
be set as close as an inch and a half each way. 
Throughout the winter they will do little more 
than root themselves, and their advance in the 
spring may be retarded by removing the sash. 
They will therefore not develop too much before 
the garden is ready to receive them. I never 
use manure under the plants in a winter frame. 
The soil is a mixture of sandy loam and woods- 
earth. Before lifting the plants for transplanting, 
the bed should be soaked with a sprinkler; then 
much of the woods-earth will cling to the roots of 
the plants, making their establishment after 
transplanting quick and sure. 1 may add that 
much garden space may be conserved if the 
grower will put his lettuce of the earlier varie- 
ties between rows of peas, cabbages, tomatoes, 
and the like. The lettuce comes out so soon 
that it interferes in no way with the other 
crops. 
A. Rutledge, Pa. 
