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southern states. Cabbage seed is sown thickly in rows a foot 

 apart, cultivated as if grown for plants, and cut and used when 

 about 8 inches high. English gardeners cultivate a distinct 

 variety under the name of ' 'Green Rosette Colewort " or Gollard. 



CORIANDER. 



Coriandrum Sativum. German, Coriander ; French, Cori- 

 andre ; Spanish, Culantro. An annual herb of easy culture, with 

 branching stems, grown for its aromatic seed. It likes light and 

 warm soils. Sow seed in spring, in rows a foot apart, and keep 

 free from weeds. 



CORN SALAD OR FETTICUS. 



Valerianella Olitoria. German, Acker Salat, Lammersalat ; 

 French, Mache ; Spanish, Canonigos. This hardy plant is much 

 grown and used for salads, and freely offered 

 in large city markets. For summer use, sow 

 early in spring, in rows one foot apart, and 

 keep the ground well cultivated and free from 

 weeds. For early spring use, seed is sown in 

 September, and same treatment and protection 

 given as for spinach. Several varieties are 

 quoted in English catalogues, of which Corn Salad. 

 Large Round-Leaved is as good as any. 



CORN. 



Sweet Corn. Zca Mays. German, Mais; French, Mais 

 Sucre ; Spanish, Mais. Sweet corn for market is emphatically a 

 farm garden crop, but rarely grown in the market garden, since the 

 area required for its culture is by far too large to fit into the market 

 gardener's limited space. On the other hand, really good sweet 

 corn furnishes such a delicious and wholesome dish, one that 

 graces our table, and gratifies our palates for several months 

 every year, that a large part of the kitchen garden (if it be a large 

 one) may be profitably devoted to this crop. In that case it 

 should be our aim to have an unbroken succession all during the 

 season ; and we can easily have it by planting the early, inter- 

 mediate, and late kinds at one time, and then continue to plant 

 a patch of the latest every two weeks until middle of July. 

 Farmers, who usually have but a small garden (certainly much 

 smaller generally than they ought to have), had better plant it 

 with garden crops requiring less room, and devote a quarter or 

 half acre of the regular cornfield to the production of sweet corn 

 for the table. I know there is considerable prejudice in the minds 

 of most people against the free use of " green " corn. I consider 



