VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



also require a good deal of moisture. They should 

 be set in rows four feet apart, plants three feet 

 apart in the row. The New York Purple is the 

 principal variety grown. Black Pekin is earlier 

 and hardier, but not quite so large or fine-looking. 

 Early Long Purple is an oblong-fruited, early 

 variety, of good quality. The fruit varies some- 

 what in colour, from a very dark purple to a lighter 

 shade streaked with yellow. 



ENDIVE (Cichorium Endivia) is quite a rarity 

 here; but it may soon become a popular salad. 

 In New York and Philadelphia there is a con- 

 siderable demand for it. 



Endive requires a good supply of moisture, 

 and should be sown where it will be least exposed 

 to heat and drought. As it is used principally 

 during the fall months, the main sowings are 

 usually made in June or July, in properly pre- 

 pared beds, and the plants, after they have reached 

 the proper height, are transplanted to rows two 

 feet apart, with plants at intervals of six inches 

 in the row. 



They have to be blanched by gathering up the 

 leaves and tying them together at the top with 

 bass matting, and in a month's or six weeks' time 



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