CORN SALAD. 127 



COEN SAIAD, OR FETTIOUS. 



Valeriana locusta. 



The Com Salad, familiarly known in some sec- 

 tions under the name of Fetticus, or Lamb's Quarter, 

 is used for a Salad in early Spring, and is cultivated 

 in every respect like Spinach. 



The seed should be sown early in September, in 

 drills, one foot apart and half an inch deep. The 

 spaces between the rows should be hoed once during 

 the Fall, and, as far north as New York, mulched 

 with salt hay or straw during the Winter. In the 

 Spring the mulch is taken off, and the Corn Salad 

 will be ready for use in April and May. The seed 

 may be sown in the Spring, but when grown in hot 

 weather the quality is inferior. Two ounces of seed 

 will be enough for family use, and for an acre it 

 will require six pounds. 



The plants left uncut will run up to seed in the 

 Summer, and any one desirous can easily obtain pure 

 seed in this way. 



CEESS, OE PEPPEEGEASS. 



Lepidium satvoum. 



Cress, or Peppergrass, is a hardy annual, used as 

 a Salad in this country. Owing to its well-known 

 tendency to run to seed, two or three successive sow- 

 ings should be made, two weeks apart. The first 

 seed may be sown as early in April as the ground 

 can be worked. 



Make drills one foot apart, and cover lightly. 



