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ENDIVE 



THIS highly esteemed salad plant deserves more general 

 cultivation. It is a member (botanically) of the 

 chicory family and, as such, is frequently confused with 

 the French endive or witloof chicory described and illus- 

 trated on pages 82 and 206. However, witloof chicory 

 is cultivated'- for the "forced" sprouts grown from roots 

 during the winter, while endive, as described here, is 

 the commonly met with salad plant, reaching full size 

 within sixty days after seeds are sown. 



Endive does well in any soil, but is distinctly a cool 

 season vegetable. It reaches perfection in June from 

 seeds sown in April and again in September from seeds 

 sown late in July. To prepare it for use, the plants should 

 be tied up in conical shape in order to blanch the heart. 

 How to grow endive is described in detail on pages 209-210. 



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