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CRESSES 



-IE Curled Garden Cress or Pepper Grass is one of the 

 most appetizing of all spring salads and it literally 

 grows "as quickly as grass," making a very rapid growth 

 in any garden soil. That, as a matter of fact, is the only 

 fault of Curled Cress: it grows so rapidly that the home 

 gardener seldom ever has a chance to use it all before it 

 goes to seed. 



Sow very thinly in rows, a foot apart, cover lightly 

 and use as fast as it becomes six inches tall. Make re- 

 peated sowings of ten-foot rows throughout April. 



Water Cress forms much fleshier stems and leaves, 

 but requires very moist soil to do well. It generally is 

 grown along the banks of small creeks where, being hardy, 

 it thrives year after year after becoming established. 

 Seeds are best started in pots or pans early in April and 

 seedlings transplanted in May. Small quantities may be 

 grown in boxes, pans, or bowls, in a sunny window, in the 

 house. 



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