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usually in July, when the foliage begins to die, but the 

 tubers improve by remaining in the ground. 



Soil moist. 



Distances. Rows twelve inches apart. 



Depth, about one-half inch. 



Sow. It is best to stratify the seeds over winter ; 

 they will start soon after sowing in the spring, when 

 ground is fit. Otherwise sow as soon as ripe, or in the 

 fall ; fall-sown seed will sometimes wait a year before 

 sprouting. 



Thin to six inches in the rows. 



Harvest late in the fall. 



Store in sand in the cellar, away from frost. 



CHICORY, Succory, or Wild Endive (see Endive), 

 Chicorium Intybus, is a plant of somewhat varied uses, 

 well known in Europe, but not yet known in America 

 in all its possibilities. Commercially, the large-rooted 

 varieties are now cultivated in America for the roots, 

 used as a substitute for and adulterant of coffee. In 

 the garden, Chicory may be grown as a root or a 

 salad crop, its roots being best when young and its 

 leaves when blanched or forced. The roots are cooked 

 like carrot; the leaves are cut up for salads or boiled 

 like Brussels sprouts. The roots are hardy and will live 

 over winter, producing a new crop of leaves in the 

 spring, after which they will be of little value. Vil- 

 morin-Andrieux gives six varieties; American seeds- 



