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ENDIVE 



DISTINCT usefulness only during early spring 

 and fall, since even moderately warm weather 

 will quickly cause the plants to produce seed stalks. 

 Endive is of a decidedly bitter flavor, no matter how well 

 grown, and few people relish it as a dish by itself. Used 

 in connection with milder salads, it adds flavor. 



Seeds may be sown in any good garden soil, in rows 

 eighteen inches to two feet apart, covered just enough to 

 hold them in the furrows* Within ten days young seed- 

 lings will appear which somewhat resemble lettuce with 

 a "crinkly" edge. When four inches tall they should be 

 thinned out to stand from six inches to a foot apart. 



First sowing should be made as soon as the ground can 

 be prepared. By transplanting seedlings that are thinned 

 out, endive may be had until early in July. For a fall 

 supply sow during July or August and cultivate just like 

 lettuce. The average packet contains enough seeds to 

 sow thirty feet of row. 



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