. The vegetable industry in New York state ... Vegetables; Gardening. Vegetable Fokcing in New York State 1281 The one important factor to be kept in mind with fall tomatoes is to get an early start and have all the fruit set before the period of dark, gloomy weather. This will necessitate sowing the seed the latter part of June in order to have the plants ready for the beds the latter part of August. These plants should give a good crop of mature fruit for the Thanksgiving and Christmas markets. The usual cropping plan followed by most growers in ISTew York State is lettuce and radishes in fa
. The vegetable industry in New York state ... Vegetables; Gardening. Vegetable Fokcing in New York State 1281 The one important factor to be kept in mind with fall tomatoes is to get an early start and have all the fruit set before the period of dark, gloomy weather. This will necessitate sowing the seed the latter part of June in order to have the plants ready for the beds the latter part of August. These plants should give a good crop of mature fruit for the Thanksgiving and Christmas markets. The usual cropping plan followed by most growers in ISTew York State is lettuce and radishes in fall and winter. In spring the houses are given over to tomatoes and cucumbers, most men sacrificing an extra crop of lettuce in spring for an early crop of cucumbers or Fig. 368.— Planting Lettuce in a Labge Commeecial House LETTUCE There are two types of lettuce grown at Irondequoit, the leaf or bunching type and the Grand Kapids variety of this type. A loose head type is grown for local market, the variety being known as May King or Improved Keene. The Grand Kapids let- tuce is shipped to smaller towns of the state and to the mining districts in northern Pennsylvania. The growers in smaller towns grow the Grand Eapids variety almost entirely. 41. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original New York Bureau of Farmers' Institutes. [Albany
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