A476 Report or tHE HorricuLtTurisT oF THE 
although some could not be marketed on account of injury from 
tip-burn and rot. A portion of the crop was shipped to a com- 
mission man at Rochester, N. Y., who pronounced it equal to the 
best grades from Boston houses. 
There was a marked difference in the firmness, size and appear- 
ance of the lettuce on different soils as maybe seen by referring 
to the averages of the records for Crop LV which are given in 
the following table. There was considerable difference too, in the 
lettuce on different soils as to its susceptibility to rot and tip-burn. 
In order that the results with Crops I, H, II and IV may be 
more readily compared the averages of their records are presented 
together in Table 4. 
TABLE IV.— AVERAGE TIME OF GROWTH, WEIGHT PER HEAD, ETC., OF FORCED 
LETTUCE. 
(CROPS I, II, III AND IV.) 

Soil ingredients. mi) == be oe ae 
3 £S p ZS G4 o 
LSE PR RA OE AAR POS ta bp os 3. Ghee 
N : %, G3. “Sy “o* epee 
of soil. & E of “8b 5S & Sau ls 
= s & oe o OF PN Di = ge Se I 
— 2 ; 5 5 3 aoe - a S45 3 
og b, so = Q o i . oC be 3 ead 4 
= Ss A - = asl A 
Sea B = 6 A 4 4 tog aay 
Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. Per ct. Ozs. Per ct. 
: 1895. 
ie Gare 0°. 63= = 26.385-10.7¢) & Les Oct. 1262 103-9" = 62525000 
Re ee O°. 49.1 42.4 85+ TI 26: 1017-6. 2 1e 00m 
Ove seer Die rAlS sO Lie og eT 26 102.38 6.28 98.3 me 
AY. 
1896. = 
Oe ae 3 0 59.2 °82.8. 15.58 IT) Oct. 97.-°97.8¢ 36.26 06 aoe ; 
yp tie ahe 0. 19.9 64.6° 215.65 “11 27 96/9} 6.49 06s eee 
Bhs, O ej D nt 84 Bo bee LT 27.97. 4.107.406 ta toe 
7, oS 
1897, S 
OE ee 0 52.2 32.3 15.48 III Feb. 18 764 6.51 100 56 © 
Sal atte 0 19.9 646 15.58 Il 18 77.6 6.84 100 50 & 
Oo sn eras 0 0 84.5 155§ III AS) 764-0. AC Ue eae 7, 
va katie 0 100 0 0S. - TV. Nov, 28° -90.9 > oO sre 16°} 
Bees Baye 100 0 0 Was Soas AYE 23 -92.9¢ - 7.949 OTS 3go on 
es aye te tr meme I, 0 334 § IV 23 89.4t 7.49 9731 59 8 .H7 
OS estan QO 66% 0) 334 $ IV 23° 83.2t 8.63 . 98.5 97° 6.2 
LB NEES Sea O 16% 40 334+ § LV 23 86.3 8,23 100 85 21 


*In hate the injury from tip-burn, 100 indicates greatest injury. 
+ No commercial fertilizers were added to these soils. 
§ These soils were given N P2 05 and K2 O in commercial fertilizers in lib- 
eral quantities. 
t Not including plants which failed to reach marketable condition. 
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