Vegetables Less Commonly Grown 



CORN SALAD 



Sow in spring in drills a foot apart. For 

 winter and spring use sow in drills in August 

 and September and cultivate like lettuce or other 

 salad stuff. 



CRESS 



Upland Cress, which has the flavor of water- 

 cress, can be grown in any good garden soil with- 

 out the presence of water. The seed should be 

 sown very freely in rows one foot apart, making 

 repeated sowings for succession as the plant soon 

 runs to seed. Water-cress can be grown about a 

 water hydrant if the soil is clayey, or can be 

 underlaid with a few inches of clay. Water- 

 cress sown at intervals in such a position will give 

 a supply of the pungent green that will be a very 

 welcome addition to lettuce, corn or other salad. 

 Remove a foot or eighteen inches of the soil for 

 a square yard of space and in the excavation thus 

 formed lay a few inches of clay, tamping and 

 puddHng it down until it makes a continuous 



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