THE BOOK OF VEGETABLES 



during the summer. If the plants are used for spring 

 cutting, do not cut the leaves in summer. 



Blanch the shoots, if desired, by earthing up, each 

 spring, to a height of nine inches; for this purpose the 

 rows should be four feet apart. Cut each shoot as soon 

 as it appears. 



The treatment of the bed, in general, should be simi- 

 lar to that for asparagus. 



Renew every five or six years, or when the plants 

 show less vigor. 



Use. If the skin of the shoots is tough, strip it off. 

 Cook and serve the shoots like asparagus, the leaves 

 like spinach. 



GOURDS, which with us are not kitchen vegetables 

 (the English include squash and pumpkin under 

 Gourds), are grown as cucumbers in hills, or trained on 

 trellises. 



GROUND CHERRY. See Tomato, Strawberry. 



GROUND-NUT, or 



GROUND-PEA. See Peanut. 



GUMBO. SeeOkra. 



HART'S-HORN PLANTAIN. See BuckVHorn. 



