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ENDIVE. 
CULTURE.—A saiad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the market. 
Principally 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 broadcast thinly 
and transpianted the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are large enough, say about 
eight inches long, tie them up for blanching, to make them fit for 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. One ounce to 300 feet of drill; 3 pounds per acre. 
This is used in the natural state as 
sort. 
an appetizing and most wholesome salad, 
and is also used for a boiling green to be 
cooked like spinach. Packet, 10c.; oz., 15c.; 
1% Ib., 40c.; lb., $1.50, postpaid. 
Green Curled. 
GREEN CURLED.—One of the best 
salads, especially when blanched; also 
much used for garnishing; if boiled, makes 
fine “greens.” Successive sowings furnish 
a supply almost the year round. A popular 
sort with finely cut leaves. Packet, 10c.; 
0Z., 15c.; %4 lb., 40c.; Ib., $1.50, postpaid. 
ITALIAN RED RIBBED ENDIVE.—The 
most popular variety, producing beauti- 
fully curled. dark green leaves; crisp, ten- 
der and blanches cream white. Packet, It is a 
staple product of Southern 
10c.; 0Z., 15c.; %4 1b., 50c.; 1b., $1.75, post- 
paid. 
BROAD-LEAVED OR BATAVIAN 
ESCAROLLE.—It has broad, thick leaves 
Louisiana, and is raised for home consump- 
tion and shipping. It is used for flavoring 
stews, roasts and various other dishes. 
It should be planted in October and No- 
vember, in drills two or three feet apart, 
about 6 inches in the drills and 1 inch 
with rounded ends, much larger in size 
deep. Price, % Ib., 15c.; 1b., 50c., postpaid. 
and not deeply fringed like the preceding 
KOHLRABI. 
CULTURE. It is tender and excellent when 
used before fully grown, combining somewhat 
the flavors of cabbage and turnip. Sow in 
light, rich soil in early Spring in rows 1% 
ft. apart. When well established thin 6 in. 
apart. Plant for Spring from January until! 
April; for Fall from September until No- 
vember. 1% lbs. to the acre. 
EBARLY WHITE VIENNA.—Packet, 10c.; 
0z., 20c.; %4 lb., 60c.; lb., $2.G0, postpaid. 
LEEK. 
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London Flag 
Leek. 
CULTURBRE.—A species of Onion highly esteemed for flavoring stews and soups; is 
also eaten boiled or fried. Should be sown broadcast and transplanted when about six 
to eight inches high into rows a foot apart, and six inches apart in rows. Should be 
planted at least two inches deep. They require to be well cultivated in order to secure 
large roots. Sow in October for Winter and Spring use, and January and February for 
Summer. One ounce to 250 feet of drill; 4 pounds per acre. 
LARGE LONDON FLAG.—Is the kind most generally grown. Packet, 10c.; oz., 25c.; 
Y% I1b., 60c.; Ib., $2.00, postpaid. 
LARGE ROUEN.—A French variety which does well in cur climate and seems to be 
practically adapted to our soil. It grows shorter than London Flag and much stouter. 
As a market variety it cannot be excelled. Packet, 10c.; oz., 25c.; % lb., 75c.; Ib., 82.50, 
postpaid. 
Kohlrahi 
