
New York Aq@riouttuRAL Exprrmernt STATION. 56T 
sowing as soon as the plants of the preceding crop are an inch 
high a constant supply of lettuce may be secured through the 
season. , 
After the plants began to head they were given an occasional 
application of liquid manure diluted with an equal quantity of 
water. The surface of the soil was kept mellow throughout the 
season. 
The cos varieties were blanched by tying the outside leaves 
around the head when it was about half developed. They were 
shipped in boxes sixteen inches by twenty-four inches by six 
inches deep, made of three-eighths inch stuff for top, side and 
bottom, and inch stuff for the ends. The roots were packed in 
these boxes in damp sphagnum and the outer leaves were cut 
away so as to expose the blanched heads. The other kinds of 
lettuce were packed in a similar manner with their roots in damp 
sphagnum. ‘The boxes were shipped in open crates, each crate 
holding six boxes of lettuce. The following is a list of the 
varieties shipped: 
