SALAD VEGETABLES 167 



the ground is known to contain much nitrogen or the 

 foliage of the radishes grows rank at the expense of the 

 roots. If it is noticed that bulbing does not proceed as it 

 should, withhold the sulphate of ammonia and apply 

 superphosphate (one ounce per square yard) when sowing 

 subsequent batches. 



Radishes need not be grown in regular beds ; rather 

 sow the seeds along the edges of ornamental flower plots, 

 on potato plots if the crop is an early one, on rubbish 

 heaps, under trees, or on any vacant corner too small for 

 an ordinary crop. 



Varieties are round, oval, and long-rooted, according 

 to shape, also, red and white, in colour. For outdoor 

 culture : Red Turnip-rooted and French Breakfast (both 

 globular) and Black Spanish and Long White (both long- 

 rooted). For forcing : Crimson Forcing and Carters' 

 Delicatesse (both globular) and Wood's Early Frame and 

 Earliest Frame (both long-rooted). 



The Endive is a salad vegetable of much value for 

 winter use when other produce is scarce. It is grown 

 from seed sown in July and August in plots of ordinary 

 well-worked soil containing a small quantity of seasoned 

 manure. The seeds must be sprinkled thinly, for even 

 the young plants are bulky and require much elbow-room. 

 When they have developed to the four-leaf stage the 

 seedlings are thoroughly watered and then transplanted 

 to a permanent bed, a space of one foot separating them. 

 In order to prevent the rotting of the outer ring of foliage, 

 it is a good plan to bank up the soil in dome-crested ridges 

 and to root the plants in the sides of these. Some time 



