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Show New Lettuce Is Called Slobolt A new summer leaf lettuce called call-ed Slobolt has been announced by the Department of Argiculture, and s already being increased by seed growers to make it available to gardeners. It will be listed in the 1946 seed catalogs. This new lettuce let-tuce withstands midsummer temperatures temp-eratures without quickly shooting or "bolting" to seed. If plants are set 10 to 12 inches apart and only the basal leaves are used as they reach a desirable size, lettuce may be harvested from the same plants over a period or several weeks, making it a very desirable home-garden variety. Slobolt has frilled light-green leaves that have the very wrinkled effect described as savoyed. The plants are of moderate mod-erate size and the seeds are black. |