CORN SALAD, OR FETTICUS. > 



CORN SALAD, OR FETTICUS. 



MACHE ou DOUCETTE. Valenana locusta. 



VARIETY. Olitoria. 



THIS plant grows spontaneously in the corn-fields of Eng- 

 land, hence it is called Corn Salad ; and from its being suf- 

 ficiently hardy to stand the winter, and affording an early 

 pasturage, it has acquired the appellation of Lamb's Lettuce. 

 Et is cultivated as a salad for winter and early spring use. 

 The seed may be sown in rich, clean ground, the latter end 

 of August or early in September. 



Some gardeners sow the seed in beds four or live feet 

 wide, \\ith paths between each bed, just sufficient to admit 

 of room for hand-weeding ; but it will vegetate more freely 

 if sown in drills half an inch deep, provided it be carefully 

 covered. The drills may be about six inches apart, or just 

 sufficient to admit a small hoe to work between the rows ; 

 for if the plants are not cleared of all weeds while young, 

 they will be more plague than profit. 



Fetticus must be covered up with straw at the approach 

 of severe weather, to preserve it in good condition for use in 

 the early part of the ensuing spring, as that is the season 

 which most amply remunerates the cultivator. 



The seed of Fetticus is small and light, but it will admit 

 of being sown thick, say at the rate of from four to six 

 pounds to an acre of land. 



