Lettuce in Delawaro 
RURAL NEW.YORKER 
1443 
How can I raise lettuce? I try it ,in 
various ways, but when it reaches a cer¬ 
tain point the plants all go to seed. I 
want to raise for heads. F. G. 
Felton, Del. 
To grow good head lettuce you must 
head it in the cool weather of Spring or 
Fall. Very few varieties will stand hot 
weather long. The variety now generally 
grown by market growers is the Big Bos¬ 
ton. This is a good variety for frames 
in Fall and early Spring, but is worthless 
for heading in the open garden, as it 
bolts into bloom with the first warm 
weather. For outside heading in Spring 
Hanson and Wonderful or New York are 
best, but in your climate lettuce must 
head in Spring before June, or it will 
not head. Then the soil is an important 
matter. It must be made very rich with 
old, rotten manure, and then the plants 
should be dressed between the rows with 
a mixture of acid phosphate and nitrate 
of soda. Lettuce must be grown fast to 
be good, and never allowed to get stunted. 
For early Spring heading the plant'* 
should be raised in cold frames from seed 
sown in early February and transplanted 
in late March or early April. T set in 
beds six feet wide and plant 8x10 in. 
T’se side dressings of the equal mixture 
of acid phosphate and nitrate of soda 
twice during the growth. For Fall head¬ 
ing in the open garden sow seed middle | 
of August thinly broadcast and rake in 
lightly. This will make better plants 
than sowing in rows. Set the plants in 
the same kind of bed when large enough. 
Be sure to stuff the soil with fine, old, rot¬ 
ten manure, and then push the growth to 
head when nights are getting cooler. The 
l!ig Boston does well for this crop if 
never allowed to lack for water. If ar¬ 
tificially watered, no sprinkle will do. but 
a soaking to the bottom roots. Lettuce 
will not head iu very sandy soil. You 
will need a medium loam. To grow let¬ 
tuce in frames under glass, sow seeds of 
Big Boston in late September, or about 
the middle of the month probably is best 
in your section. Set them iu heavily 
manured cold frames as soon as large 
enough and set as in the open ground. 
When frost comes, use the sashes at night 
nod strip in day, and as the weather 
grows cold air daily and sec that there is 
no suffering from drought. Use the ar¬ 
tificial fertilizers between the rows. This 
crop should head about Christmas. If the 
weather gets very cold after the plants 
turn iu to head, you should have mats or 
cover of some sort for the glass, as 
scorching by frost will spoil the heads. 
W. F. MASSEY. 
Calla as a House Plant 
I have a calla lily which grows very 
fast. It is two years old, but never 
lias blossomed. It now has three stalks 
about a yard high; each stalk has a large 
leaf. One* of the leaves is beginning to 
decay. What can I do with it? it. 
Salem, N. Y. 
This inquirer does not tell how the 
calla has been treated, but as the plant 
was in full growth in August, we infer 
that it has not been given necessary rest¬ 
ing period during Summer. The leaf de¬ 
scribed as beginning to decay is merely 
a symptom of the rest needed. The com¬ 
mon calla, botanically Znntcdcschia sc- 
tlnopica, but long called Hichurdiu, grows 
vigorously all the year round, when plant¬ 
ed out with abundant moisture, as in a 
mild climate, or under glass, but as a 
house plant it should rest through the 
Summer, the roots being dried off. It 
m too lute to do this with the plant in 
question, as the roots are repotted iu 
September. They require rich soil, with 
good drainage, but plenty of moisture, 
"jth a liberal amount of liquid manure 
"‘hen well established. Keep it growing 
nil Winter; about the end of May, or 
"hen it is evident that full growth has 
men attained, gradually withhold water. 
t>y July the leaves should turn yellow, 
nml begin to die down. The roots may 
: , n he dried off. It. is a desirable plan 
to.leave the root in the pot with the dry 
noil, turning the pot on its side,‘and leav- 
i 111 ™ **hed or similar place until ro- 
v’ ’’d. Early iu September shake the 
, l,v mirth off the root, and repot in rich 
"■un. giving plenty of root room and 
; ; ndant drainage. The calla is a 
’ lure-loving plant, but sour, soggy soil 
no, ays objectionable. Well-rot l cd cow 
"“l 11 ' 0 » excellent fertilizer for this 
.oto.i i After A ls Flowing well give occa- 
j, doses of liquid manure, and flower- 
witb' S m, U d T n ' at,,< I in this wav. 
oii. n \r;, anmm fasting period, the calla 
nhnf f/ ves excellent bloom us a house 
‘o mf’nF Jw 1 cn, i K year after year, although 
do greenhouse authorities 
ot advise it for the window garden. 
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