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be the object in sowing lettuce to plant small lots 
frequently, that it may always be had in the best 
condition. 
About the second week in September a sowing of 
some early hard-heading variety should be made, 
and a succeeding one about the first of October; from 
these two sowings the cold frames should be planted, 
about one-third from the first and two-thirds from 
the second ; the plants should be set about six inches 
apart each way, which will allow about fifty plants to 
each sash. When cold weather comes the sash should 
be put on, and the outsides of the frames banked 
around with long stable manure. The plants must 
be treated to plenty of fresh air whenever the weather 
will permit of it, and on very cold nights the sash 
should be reinforced with a covering of straw, old 
mats, or carpet. The lettuce grown in these frames 
is apt to be infested with the small insect known as 
the “ Green Flyto prevent or to get rid of the pres¬ 
ence of this pest, tobacco refuse and sweepings from 
a cigar-maker’s shop should be strewn on the soil 
under the leaves ; this will destroy the fly and act as 
a fertilizer, but if too much is applied it will spoil the 
delicate flavor of the lettuce. 
If a few very early cabbages are desired, the seed 
should be sown about the first of October and trans¬ 
planted with the lettuce into the cold frames; plant¬ 
ing them about two inches apart each way; if these 
are in good condition and the spring favorable, they 
can be planted out about the 15th of March, and will 
produce heads one to two weeks earlier than those 
raised in the hotbeds. 
