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The leaves, when young, have a pungent taste 

 and are used as a salad, and also for garnishing. 

 The Curled is the best for general use, although 

 several other varieties are cultivated. 



UPLAND CRESS (Barbarea vulgaris) is classed 

 as a separate vegetable, being different from the 

 common curled Cress both as regards parentage 

 and habit of growth though similarly used as a 

 small salad. It is a hardy perennial, thriving on any 

 soil, wet or dry. It makes an early appearance in 

 spring, and grows with such extraordinary rapidity 

 that in a few days it may be gathered for use, 

 weeks ahead of any other out-door growths. 

 It is as easy of culture as spinach, can be grown 

 easily for two years without resowing, and yields 

 enormous crops. The seed should be sown in 

 April. 



CUCUMBER (Cucumis sativus). While this is 

 a very important out-door crop, it is also very 

 extensively grown under glass, for the Boston 

 market; and cultivated in this manner (as a forced 

 crop) it is probably dealt in to a larger extent here 

 than in any other market in the United States. 

 Almost every market gardener in this section who 

 has any glass runs it, either early or late, to 



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