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cool weather with plenty of manure and side-dressings of liquid fertilizer. Don’t stint on the water when it is dry. Red Sails is compact with fringed, loose heads that have a bright green background heavily overlaid with burgundy. Saladbowl is a lime green, loose-leaf variety with good flavor. Buttercrunch is a dark green bibb type lettuce with crispness and flavor. Plants have some heat tolerance. Potenza green is a crisp romaine variety that withstands cold weather well.
■ Peppers, sweet: Turn red (or yellow) when mature. Keep plants watered during summer. Sidedressings of fertilizer increase fruit size. Production increased by frequent picking. Italian Fryer is a narrow, sweet green pepper — the type used to make pickled peppers. Giant Italian is very large and pointed. Both red and yellow varieties. Early Thickset is a new, highly
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