98 THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



be grown. A seed-bed crop. Best known variety i the 

 Georgia Collard. The word Collard is also used for 

 young cabbages, planted thickly in rows and picked 

 when young for use as greens. 



Soil. Rich and moist. 



Distances, three to four by three feet when set out. 

 Rows in the seed-bed a foot or more apart, as convenient. 



Depth, about an inch. 



Sow in the North in July or early August. 



Thin in the seed-bed when well up, to three or four 

 inches apart. 



Transplant at six inches or more. 



Fertilizer as for cabbage. 



Pick the leaves as wanted. 



Disease and pests are those common to the cabbage 

 tribe. See Cabbage. 



Succession. Sow fortnightly. 



CORIANDER (Coriandrum sativuni), an annual herb 

 grown for its seeds, used in confectionery and in the 

 manufacture of liqueurs, as well as for seasoning in 

 cooking. A hardy plant, easily grown, except as noted 

 below. 



Soil. Any good garden soil, but a light, warm loam 

 is best. Yet on some soils Coriander will not produce 

 seed. 



Distances. Rows eighteen inches apart, plants one 

 foot or more in the row. 



