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plant than the Garden Cress, which is easily grown in 

 spring or fall in rich, moist soil. The leaves of garden 

 cress are rather too peppery for most people to enjoy. 



Endive is much more generally used in Europe than 

 America. It is used both as a salad plant and as a pot 

 herb for greens. For salads the leaves are blanched 

 by tying them together. Seed sown very early in spring 

 will develop into plants for use in summer, or seed sown 

 in early summer will mature for use in autumn. There 

 are two principal types — the Curled or Fringed and the 

 Broad-leaved Endives. 



