166 A HOME VEGETABLE-GARDEN 



salad, no carefully combined dressing whether 

 French dressing at its best or the smoothest 

 mayonnaise can take the place of a shake of salt 

 and a sprinkle of sugar and, then, plenty of rich 

 country cream. Gather the lettuce early while 

 moist with the cool dew ; clean it and freshen the 

 hearts with plenty of cold water. Then put it 

 aside in the cheese-cloth bag near the ice, ready 

 for the whole day's need. 



The endives are well worth growing both for 

 blanching for hot weather salad and also for 

 winter salads. They make a beautiful garnish 

 and their rather acrid flavor is excellent for soups 

 and stews. When grown for winter use, they may 

 be protected outside in mild climates or stored 

 indoors, like celery. They form large hearts when 

 blanched ; and furnish a delicious winter salad. 



Witloof chicory, the "Barbe de Capucin" of 

 the French, is a winter joy to the salad lover. 

 Grown to maturity out-of-doors, the roots are then 

 replanted in soil in the cellar. The quickly sprout- 

 ing, fresh, crisp growth of this winter lettuce is 

 most appetizing in the scarce winter-time. 



Corn-salad or "Lamb's lettuce" is another 

 variety that has a place of its own in the garden. 

 Sow the seeds of these hardy little plants in the 

 fall ; and, when spring comes, find them fresh and 

 green, ready for use. 



