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"BRUSSELS WITLOOF" OR WITLOOF CHICORY 



(French Endive) 



THOUGH known and cultivated in France and Bel- 

 gium for years, it is only recently that this deliqibus 

 salad vegetable has found a marked degree of appre"cia- 

 tion in America. The delicate blanched "sprouts" are 

 really the winter product of large chicory roots grown 

 during the summer months in any garden. With the 

 approach of cold weather these roots are dug up. With 

 the tops removed, they are planted again in boxes in 

 cellar or other frost-proof places. The resulting shoots 

 furnish the salad. 



The plants that make the roots from which witloof is 

 forced are really rank-growing weeds. They thrive in 

 any soil and need from June to November to reach full 

 size. They require no particular attention excepting 

 thinning, weeding, and cultivating like any other root 

 crop. How any home gardener may grow this delicious, 

 French Barbe de Capucin is described on page 206. 



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