340 GARDENING FOR THE SOUTH. 



Large Green Curled. — A fine, hardy variety, with 

 long, beautifully curled leaves. It is the best for salads. 



Broad-Leaved Batavian has thick, plain, or slightly 

 wrinkled foliage. It is principally used for cooking, and 

 making a larger head is preferred for stews and soups, 

 but is not much used for salads. 



Culture. — Endives delight in a light, rich soil, dug 

 deeply to admit its tap-roots, and to serve as a drain for 

 any superfluous moisture in the winter standing crop. 

 The situation should be open and free from the shade of 

 trees. 



If desired in summer, sow as early in the spring as 

 possible. The main crop is sown near Philadelphia the 

 first of July; here in August or September for fall and 

 winter use. Sow at this season, if possible, everything 

 just before a shower; draw a furrow the depth of the hoe, 

 in the bottom of which scatter the seed thinly, and cover 

 slightly with earth, pressing it upon the seed, riant in 

 the evening, if dry, and before covering water copiously 

 with the fine rose of a water-pot in the drill. Do not press 

 the earth upon the seed until morning; shade during I lie 

 day, and continue watering in the evening until the plants 

 get rooted. The drills should be twelve or fifteen inches 

 apart. Hoe freely and keep the ground free from weeds; 

 thin the plants when two inches high. Those removed 

 may bo transplanted to another location; choose moist 

 weather for this purpose; trim the leaves a little, and 

 water moderately every evening until the plants get es- 

 tablished, and during very long droughts. Those left in 

 the seed-bed make the best plants. They should be 

 thinned to twelve or fifteen inches in the drill, or planted 

 out that distance apart, the Batavian requiring the most 

 space. 



In about three months after sowing, as they grow 

 stocky and full in the heart, the leaves being about eight 



