SALADS AND GREENS 



covering up any opening in order to keep out 

 the light. It takes from fifteen to twenty days 

 to blanch endive and it should be used at the 

 end of this period ; so blanch only what is neces- 

 sary. If it is shaded too long the leaves first 

 turn white and then a rusty color. The plants 

 may be kept for three or four months in the 

 winter by covering the plants with straw, 

 and storing them in a cool cellar or cold 

 frame. They should be lifted with the soil 

 adhering to the root and placed close together 

 in rows. 



Corn Salad is a plant very sensitive to sum- 

 mer heat and thriving only where the weather 

 is cool. For an early spring crop sow the seed 

 in drills one-half inch in depth and ten to 

 twelve inches apart. The plants should be 

 thinned six to eight inches apart in the row. 



As soon as the plants have developed three 

 to five leaves, sprinkle a very little commercial 

 nitrate of soda along the row, just preceding a 

 rain. If this is done two or three times during 

 the development of the plant the foliage will be 



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