MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES 373 
SWISS CHARD 
Swiss chard is popular as greens, which offers possi- 
bilities for greenhouse culture. It requires practically 
the same treatment as lettuce. The seed may be sown in 
drills where the crop will be matured, or time and space 
may be saved by starting the plants in flats in the same 
manner as lettuce. High fertility and an abundant mois- 
ture supply are essential to heavy yields and good quality. 
The leaves may be picked whenever they have attained 
the size desired, and new ones will continue to grow out 
from the heart of the plant during the entire forcing 
season. Lucullus is one of the best-known varieties. 
Large plants in the garden may be cut back in the fall 
and transferred to the greenhouse beds. It is likely, how- 
ever, that younger plants will give better results for 
midwinter forcing. 
TURNIP 
It is a simple proposition to grow turnips in green- 
houses where conditions are suitable for the forcing of 
lettuce. Early varieties should be employed. The drills 
should be 8 to 10 inches apart and the plants thinned to 
about 2 inches. Turnip tops are sometimes grown for 
greens from large roots planted close together. The 
leaves should be blanched in order to secure the highest 
quality. Leaves of edible size may be grown, in three 
weeks. 
WITLOOF CHICORY 
This vegetable is one of the most important salad crops 
of France, Belgium and England. It is variously known 
as witloof chicory, French endive and English endive. 
Perhaps the most appropriate name is witloof chicory, 
because it is a development of the common chicory. 
Until the great European war broke out in 1914, thou- 
sands of baskets were imported every year from France 
