GREENS AND SALAD VEGETABLES 

 WATER-CRESS 



This is prized for salads and sandwiches, and 

 grows wild along the margins of streams and about 

 springs. Similar conditions may be supplied for a 

 small patch of it by planting it about a hydrant 

 from which water is allowed to trickle. Good soil, 

 supplemented with a liberal addition of leaf-mould 

 from the compost, should be supplied, and in this 

 the cress seed may be sown in shallow drills a 

 few inches apart. The only culture it will require 

 after once getting started will be to keep it free 

 from weeds. 



Upland cress, which is more frequently grown 

 in the home garden, is grown in shallow drills in 

 beds, setting the rows a few inches apart and thin- 

 ning the plants somewhat by using plants from 

 too congested parts of the drills. Repeated sowings 

 should be made at intervals, as the upland cress 

 quickly forms seed and is no longer useful for the 

 table. The Upland Cress and the Extra Curled or 

 Peppergrass are the varieties commonly grown, 

 while the Erfurt Water Cress is the variety fa- 

 voured for this sort. 



Very dainty sandwiches are made by buttering 

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