Com Salad — Cress. 



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considered better to give the crop full possession of 

 the land. It is but little grown for the Boston market, 

 but in New York there is quite a demand for it. It 

 should be sown as early in the spring as the ground 

 can be worked, in rows twelve or fifteen inches apart. 

 If the weather is favorable, it should be ready for use 

 in aborft two months from the date of sowing. When 



Co n Salad, or Fetticus. 



an early spring supply is to be provided for, it may be 

 sown about the middle of September. The plants 

 should receive a covering of straw, or marsh hay, as 

 soon as cold weather- comes. They start very early 

 in the spring, and therefore the covering should be 

 removed in March or early April. The funher treat- 

 ment and marketing are the same as with spinach. 



Cress {Lcpidium sativufn), or Peppergrass, is in some 

 respects like Corn Salad. The culture is very simple. 



