130 THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



bulbs are often braided together by their tops and 

 hung up. Or tie as in Fig. 63. 



GHERKIN. See Cucumber. 



GOBO. See Burdock. 



GOLDEN THISTLE. See Scolymus. 



GOOBER. See Peanut. 



GOOD KING HENRY. See Goosefoot, Perennial. 



GOOSEBERRY, CAPE or BARBADOES. See To- 

 mato, Strawberry. 



GOOSEFOOT, ANNUAL, or White Quinoa (Chenopo- 

 dium Quinoa), is sometimes grown for its seeds (used in 

 South American cooking and brewing, after boiling to 

 remove their bitter flavor), but chiefly for the leaves, 

 used as spinach. 



Soil should be light, warm and quick. 



Distances. Rows twelve inches apart. 



Sow thinly when frosts are past. 



Depth. One inch. 



Thin to nine to twelve inches in the row. 



Pick the leaves as wanted when the plants are 

 established. Pick seeds when ripe. 



