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  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <awiediger AT HART.k12.ky.us>
  • To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [Market-farming] Jericho question
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 08:29:09 -0500

Jennie,

Jericho isn't a huge, tall, narrow Romaine. It is a bit wider than the type
you see in the stores. It will be about 10-12" tall and at least that wide
or wider when mature. We actually cut some in early June that weighed over
2.5 pounds! We could fit only 5 or 6 in a 1 1/9 bushel box! You're right,
the customers don't care too much about shape - just being able to buy sweet
lettuce in summer is enough.

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

> ----------
> From: Jennie Lee[SMTP:tulipcreek AT dixie-net.com]
> Dear all - I'm trying Jericho lettuce out for the first time this
> summer. Its doing well so far, the heads are about 4 inches tall, but
> its not growing into a head like the romaine heads you see in the
> grocery store. They're more like a butterhead, with the leaves spread
> out, rather than a tight compact head. I've never grown a romaine
> before. Do you have to do something to it to get it to form tight
> heads? Or is the shape of my heads indicative of something I'm doing
> wrong?
>




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