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plants may become strong and robust. When warm enough, generally during 

 March, the plants can be placed in the open ground, about tv>^o and a half feet 

 apart. This vegetable is very popular in the South, and extensively cultivated. 



liarge Purple, or New Orleans 

 Market* This is the only kind grown 

 here ; it is large, oval in shape and of a 

 dark purple color and very productive. 

 Southern grown seed of this, as of a 

 good many other "tropical or sub-trop- 

 ical vegetables, is preferable to North- 

 ern seed, as it will germinate more 



readily, and the plant will last longer 

 during the hot season. 



Early Dwarf Ovol. This variety 

 is very early and productive ; the fruit is 

 not so large as the New Orleans Egg- 

 Plant, but equal in flavor. For market 

 it will not sell as well as the former : 

 desirable for family garden. 



ENDIVE. 



Chicoree (Fr.), Endivien (Ger. ), Endi^ia (Sp.). 



A salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the market, prin- 

 cipally for summer use. It can be sown in drills a foot apart, and when the plants 

 are well up, thinned out till about eight inches apart. Or it can be sown broad- 

 cast thinly and transplanted the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are large 

 enough, say about eight inches long, tie tliem u[) for blanching, to make them fit 

 for the table. This can only be done in dry weather, otherwise the leaves are apt 

 to rot. For summer use do not sow before the end of March, as if sown sooner, the 

 plants will run into seed very early. Sow for a succession during the spring and 

 summer months. For winter use sow in September and October. 



Oreen €«rled. Is the most desir- 

 able kind, as it stands more heat than 

 the following sort, and is the favorite 

 market variety. 



Extra Fine Curled. Does not grow 

 quite so large as the foregoing, and is 

 more apt to decay when tb.ere is a wet 

 summer. Better adapted for v/inter. 



Broad-Eeaved, or Escarolle. 

 Makes a fine salad when well grown -„ ., -^ , , -^i^-^-^^Mi, 



and blanched, especially for summer. Green curied Endh- 



GARLIC 



Oarlic. There is more Garlic grown 

 in Louisiana than in any other State, or 

 all States together. It is a staple product 

 of the lower Parishes. It is raised 

 for home consumption and shijtping. It 

 is used for flavoring stews, roasts, and 

 various other dishes. People from the 

 South of Euroi)e use much more than 

 the inhabitants of the United States.— It 

 should be planted in October and 

 November, in drills two to three feet 

 apart, about six inches in the drills and 



one inch deep. The distance between the 

 rows depends upon the mode of cultiva- 

 tion ; if planted in the garden, a foot be- 

 tween the rows is sufficient. It is culti- 

 vated like Onions ; in the Spring they are 

 taken up and plaided together in a string 

 by the tops. One of these strings con- 

 tains about from 50 to 70 heads in double 

 rows ; they are then stored or rather 

 hung up in a dry, airy place. They keep 

 from 6 to 8 months. 



