68 ENDIVE, OR SUCCORY. 



ENDIVE, OR SUCCORY. 

 CHICOREE DBS JARDINS. Cichorium endiva, etc 



VARIETIES. 



Green Curled. I Golden Yellow. 



White Curled. Broad-leaved, or Scarolle. 



THE Cichorium endiva is a native of China and Japan, and is 

 much used in salads and stews, and as a garnish for the table. 



The proper kind of seed for early sowing is the Green 

 Curled. A small quantity of this may be sown at different 

 times in April and May, by those who would have it early. 

 These crops will be very apt to run to seed ; for this reason, 

 it will be best to delay the sowing of seed for general crops 

 until June, or July. If a small quantity of each esteemed 

 variety be sown two or three times in these months, they 

 will produce a plentiful supply for use in Autumn and the 

 early part of Winter. One ounce of good Endive seed will 

 produce about five thousand plants. 



When the plants are three or four inches high, they should 

 be transplanted into good ground, at the distance of a foot, 

 from each other, and immediately watered ; or if they are 

 set out in cloudy or wet weather, it will save this trouble. 

 The plants will requrie to be hoed and attended to in the 

 same manner as Lettuce, until grown to a moderate size, when 

 they must be blanched. Select the large and full-hearted 

 plants, and with bass or other strings, tie them a little above 

 the middle, not too tight, previously gathering up the leaves 

 regularly in the hand. This must be done when the leaves 

 are very dry, otherwise the plants will rot. The Cichorium 

 intylms grows spontaneuosly in many parts of Europe and 

 America. In France it is much cultivated ; the tops of the 

 plants are considered profitable for cattle, and the roots are 

 taken up in Autumn, and dried. The aromatic and volatile 

 qualities of coffee are, by the combination of this root, ren- 

 dered more mellow and full upon the palate, and its fragrance 

 greatly increased, producing an agreeable tonic, and most 

 exhilarating beverap-e. 



