. Dreer's Open-air vegetables . SiLVEE Ball. Quality in lettuce de- pends upon crispness and succulence, and these in turn depend upon quickness and vigor of growth. The requisites are good soil, good culture and sufficient moist- ure. The ground cannot be made too rich for lettuce, for it is desirable to secure heads in a few weeks from the set- ting out of the young plants. The lettuce belongs among the plants which are grouped under the name of The Composites, in Chapter XXIV. of this book. It is to-day one of the gardener's best money-makers, as it is in demand during the entire year. It b
. Dreer's Open-air vegetables . SiLVEE Ball. Quality in lettuce de- pends upon crispness and succulence, and these in turn depend upon quickness and vigor of growth. The requisites are good soil, good culture and sufficient moist- ure. The ground cannot be made too rich for lettuce, for it is desirable to secure heads in a few weeks from the set- ting out of the young plants. The lettuce belongs among the plants which are grouped under the name of The Composites, in Chapter XXIV. of this book. It is to-day one of the gardener's best money-makers, as it is in demand during the entire year. It belongs among the hardiest garden staples, and is naturally better suited to the cooler months than to the heat of midsummer, though the unceasing demand for it has prompted the development of heat-resisting strains. Differ- ent sorts are planted at different seasons, but otherwise the succession is unbroken. In many localities the demand for lettuce is still confined to the spring months, but this salad-making vegetable is apparently gaining favor everywhere, for it is grown in greater abundance each year. Two other factors, beside improvement of the home product, have helped to increase the consumption of lettuce at Philadelphia and New York. One of these factors is the
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