Now that's allot of lettuce !

individual experience determines the frequency with which lettuce is irrigated depending upon the type of soil and conditions of climate which vary according to location on reaching maturity time becomes the essence of efficient harvesting as lettuce is highly perishable and must be moved gently and quickly to preserve quality and minimize loss specialized loading equipment moves the lettuce from the field with a minimum of handling and gently drops it into portable baskets aboard waiting [Music] [Applause] trucks the need for quickly harvesting this perishable product calls for the design of equipment to do the job efficiently with little or no damage no time is lost of the Packing Shed in Rolling the baskets of lettuce off the trucks into the cooler atmosphere of the Interior where the waiting hands have experienced trimmers quickly remove imperfect or discolored leaves