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CHIVES 



This hardy little onion-like plant grows in tHick 

 tufts from small oval bulbs, scarcely larger than a 

 hazel nut. The hollow, abundant grasslike leaves 

 are used for seasoning soups, stews, salads, etc. 

 The plants are propagated by dividing the tufts and 

 planting them in ordinary garden soil. Chives are 

 often used for edging beds, partly because of their 

 pretty green leaves and also because their purplisK 

 flowers are very attractive in the late spring or 

 early summer. 



COLLARD 



The Georgia collard, extensively grown in the 

 south for greens, is a loose-leaved variety of cab- 

 bage. The term collard is more or less loosely ap- 

 plied to young cabbages that have not formed 

 heads. Seed is sown in midsummer from June to 

 August for succession and the plants transplanted 

 to rows of 30 inches apart and I foot apart between 

 the plants. 



When properly blanched, the collard is sweeter 

 and more delicate than northern grown cabbage. 

 Cultivation is practically the same as for cabbage. 

 Blanching is done by tying the leaves up in some- 

 what the same way as the leaves are tied over heads 

 of cauliflower. 



CORN— SWEET 



"The man who grows sweet corn for market 

 usually appreciates the possibilities of a continuous 

 crop fresh from the field from early July to Oc- 

 tober," says Prof. V. H. Davis of Franklin county, 



