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Drills should be one foot apart, and plants thinned 

 to eight to twelve inches. 



The quality is infinitely superior to the wild dan- 

 delion and may be still further improved by blanch- 

 ing. If one is content to take a small crop, a cutting 

 may be made in the fall, the same season as the 

 sowing. 



Endive:— This salad vegetable is best for fall use. 

 Sow in June or July, in drills eighteen to twenty- 

 four inches apart, and thin to ten to twelve inches. 

 To be fit for use it must be blanched, either by tying 

 up with raffia in a loose bunch, or by placing two 

 wide boards in an inverted V shape over the rows; 

 and in either case be sure the leaves are dry when 

 doing this. 



Kale: — Kale is a non-heading member of the cab- 

 bage group, used as greens, both in spring and 

 winter. It is improved by frost, but even then is a 

 little tough and heavy. Its chief merit lies in the 

 fact that it is easily had when greens of the better 

 sorts are hard to get, as it may be left out and cut 

 as needed during winter — even from under snow. 

 The fall crop is given the same treatment as late 

 cabbage. Siberian kale is sown in September and 

 wintered-over like spinach. 



Lettuce: — Lettuce is grown in larger quantities 

 than all the other salad plants put together. By the 

 use of hotbeds it may be had practically the year 



