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Re: Milkey substance in lettuce

Thanks, Sandra,
No need to look it up.  I spend a lot of my lunch hours at the library
(2 blocks from work) and this will give me something new to look into.
Diana

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>From:  Sandra Walters[SMTP:sandiw@IX.NETCOM.COM]
>Sent:  April 25, 1997 1:21 AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list SQFT
>Subject:       Re: Milkey substance in lettuce
>
>At 12:21 PM 4/24/97 -0600, Diana Mallea wrote:
>>Hi Chris,
>>This happened to me when I was living in Arlington, Virginia.  I recall
>>the lettuce being quite bitter when it reached the stage that the milky
>>substance oozed.  I didn't like the bitter flavor so I let it go to seed
>>(so I could collect for the next season).  Tasting it didn't bother me
>>so if you like bitter, I guess its OK to eat.  Why the milkey substance
>>forms is still a mystery to me--Does anyone else know why??
>>diana
>>
>Hi,
>
>That milkey white substance indicates that aphids or leafhoppers have
>spread disease to your lettuce. I am writing this from the top of my head
>and can't remember the name of the disease.
>
>I know this because I get this problem around June in my garden. The
>lettuce is very pretty, healthy looking, but when you break the lettuce to
>use in salad, there is a white sapey substance oozing from the lettuce,
>espcially around the ribs. When I first noticed this, I did some research.
>When you tear the lettuce, touch the leaves to one another, I hope this
>makes sense. If a long stringy white strand appears you have a bacterial
>disease spread by aphids or leafhoppers.
>
>To repeat, since writing this from top of my head can't remember name of
>disease. If you wish I'll look it up.
>
>HTH
>Sandra Walters
>Bronx,NY
>
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