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Salad Crops 



.glass and transplanted to the open, althougli such plants 

 are thought to run more quickly to seed; good tops may 

 be had in late spring and early summer. Or seeds may 

 be sown in June for plants to be used in August and 

 September. Seeds may be sown in summer for the autumn 

 and winter crop, and this is the better adaptability of the 

 plant. 



The top may be harvested entire (Fig. 43) or only cer- 

 tain leaves taken at intervals; by the latter method the 





Endive blanching under paper covers. 



plant may be kept going most of the season. It is known 

 mostly as a salad plant with us ; but it is an excellent pot- 

 herb, the greener or younger plants often being taken for 

 this purpose. Endive is little known to people of Ameri- 

 can parentage, although it is much prized by foreigners, 

 and there is considerable demand for it in the larger cities. 

 It deserves to be better understood. 



The green rank leaves are likely to be bitter and tough. 

 It is customary to blanch the interior leaves of the crown 



