CORN SALAD COUVE TRONCHUDA CRESS 49 



a most refreshing episode in the routine of a good dinner. Com 

 Salad is a plant of quick growth, and is valued for its early appear- 

 ance in spring, when elegant salads are much in request. It may be 

 mixed with other vegetables for the purpose, or served alone with a 

 little suitable preparation. 



The most important sowings of the seed are made in August and 

 September. Seed may, however, be sown at any time from February 

 to October, but only those who are accustomed to the plant should 

 trouble to secure summer crops, as when Lettuces are plentiful Corn 

 Salad is but rarely required. Any good soil will grow it, but the 

 situation should be dry and open. Sow in drills six inches apart, 

 and thin to six inches in the rows. The crop is taken in the same 

 way as Spinach, either by the removal of separate leaves or cutting 

 over in tufts. 



COUVE TRONCHUDA 



(Brassica okracea costata) 



COUVE TRONCHUDA, or Portugal Cabbage, is a fine vegetable, that 

 should be grown in every garden, including those in which Cabbages 

 generally are not regarded as of great importance. The plant is of 

 noble growth, and requires abundant room in rich ground for the 

 spread of its large leaves, the mid-ribs of which are thick, white, 

 tender, and when cooked in the way of Sea Kale quite superb in 

 quality. When a fair crop of these mid-ribs has been taken there 

 remains the top Cabbage, which is excellent. 



Two or three sowings may be made in February, March, and 

 April, and the early ones must be in heat. Transfer to rich soil as 

 early as possible, giving the plants ample room, from two to three 

 feet each way, and aid with plentiful supplies of water in dry weather. 



CRESS 



(Lepidium sativuni) 



CRESS of any and every kind should be grown in small lots irom 

 frequent sowings, and the sorts should be kept separate, and, if pos- 

 sible, on the same border. The soil should be fine and fresh, and 

 there is no occasion for manuring, in fact it is objectionable, but a 

 change of soil must be made occasionally to insure a good growth. 



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