. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ETTUCE, especially green- house lettuce, always com- mands a good price in the winter market, but it is well to arrange the planting of the seeds so as to bring the largest proportion of the plants to maturity at the proper time to meet the greatest demand, which is around Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Lenten season. Seed catalogues give the time required for growing lettuce generally as six weeks, but I find that better results are ob- tained by allowing my plants ten weeks from the planting of the seeds until the cutting of the heads. In this w
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. ETTUCE, especially green- house lettuce, always com- mands a good price in the winter market, but it is well to arrange the planting of the seeds so as to bring the largest proportion of the plants to maturity at the proper time to meet the greatest demand, which is around Thanksgiving, Christmas and the Lenten season. Seed catalogues give the time required for growing lettuce generally as six weeks, but I find that better results are ob- tained by allowing my plants ten weeks from the planting of the seeds until the cutting of the heads. In this way no hard forcing is used and the plants are stronger. Sowing the Seed. So, to harvest a crop of lettuce at Thanksgiving, it is well to plant the seed about the middle of September. For this purpose use shallow flats filled with light, rich compost, con- sisting of one-fourth manure and three- fourths soil, sifted through a coarse sieve. Before putting the seeds in, try to have the soil evenly moist; not soft and pasty, but at the point where it can be handled without caking or leav- ing mud on the hands. By setting the flats in the ground so that the tops of them are even with the sur- face, you can keep a better degree of mois- tur«f at the bottom of the flats, which is de- sirable. Sow the let- tuce seed as thinly as possible, in drills two inches apart the nar- row way of the flats. Press them firmly with your hand before cov- ering lightly with soil. In September the seed flats may be left outdoors if given a little shade during the hottest part of the day and some protection from sudden frosts at night. A canvas stretched on a frame and placed at least three feet above the flats during the middle of the day provides sufficient shade, and glass sashes laid over the flats at night are protection enough in the early fall. Water lightly each day, always early in the morning. Give the flats plenty of air, but protect them from rains. In from five to eight days the seeds shou
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