They should be dug, if possible, on a dry day, picked
up promptly and carried to a dry, cool, DARK cellar. If stored on
floors of outbuldings, the light should be excluded. Potatoes that
are long exposed to light before the shops of dealers are injured.
Barrels, etc., containing them should be covered; if spread on the
barn-floor, or in places which can not be darkened, throw straw or
some other litter over them.
There is no occasion to say much about lettuce. It is a vegetable
which any one can raise who will sow the seed a quarter of an inch
deep. I have sowed the seed in September, wintered the plants over
in cold-frames, and by giving a little heat, I had an abundance of
heads to sell in February and March. For ordinary home uses it is
necessary only to sow the seed on a warm, rich spot as soon as the
frost is out, and you will quickly have plenty of tender foliage.
This we may begin to thin out as soon as the plants are three or
four inches high, until a foot of space is left between the
plants, which, if of a cabbage variety, will speedily make a
large, crisp head. To maintain a supply, sowings can be made every
two weeks till the middle of August. Hardy plants, which may be
set out like cabbages, are to be obtained in March and April from
nurserymen. Henderson recommends the following varieties:
Henderson's New York, Black-seeded Simpson, Salamander, and All
the Year Round.
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