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A KITCHEN GARDEN 
dressing of manure in the fall, and suitable poles to 
climb upon. These poles should be good strong ones, 
at least 8 to 10 feet in height. About the last of August 
or first of September the vines should be cut off near 
the ground and the poles pulled up, so that tho crop 
may be gathered. There is an old saying that “ the 
September winds should never be allowed to blow 
on the hops.” The hops should be spread on sheets 
and placed in some cool, airy garret or loft, to dry. 
It will take five or six good poles to make a bushel 
of hops. 
LETTUCE. 
This is generally known as salad, which is a mis¬ 
nomer, as salad means anything that is served in a 
green state; it may be onions, tomatoes, cabbage, 
lettuce, or anything of that kind. By general usage 
the word salad has been appropriated to the lettuce, 
as the latter is the plant most frequently grown in 
this country for salad. But call it whichever you 
like, it is one of the greatest additions to our tables, 
and in our kitchen garden it should not be made a 
side issue of a week or two in the spring, but should 
be raised in the finest condition possible throughout 
the season, and by using the hotbeds and cold frames 
it is possible to have it the whole year round. 
To raise head lettuce in perfection the greatest care 
must be taken to reserve the very best and tightest 
heads for seed, or if the seed is to be purchased select 
the hardest-heading varieties. For the earliest plant¬ 
ing the seed should be sown in the hotbed and have 
^he same treatment as its associate, the cabbage; the 
