Endive 



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Seeds (fruits) of en- 

 dive (about 4^2). 



or head by gathering all the leaves into a bunch and tying 

 them near the top. This tying is performed two or three 

 weeks before the plant is desired for use. In very hot and 

 wet weather the heads are sometimes 

 blanched in ten days; but under or- 

 dinary conditions it requires nearly 

 or quite twice that length of time. 

 If heavy rains and cloudy weather 

 follow the tying, the crowns must 

 be examined frequently to see that 

 they are not decaying. After the 

 interior leaves are well blanched, they must be used 

 quickly or decay will set in; they should be dry when tied. 

 The later plants, taken up in autumn, are sometimes 

 blanched by being set in cellars or pits or coldframes; 

 or if the heads are packed securely in Avell-ventilated bar- 

 rels, they may blanch in transportation. 



On the blanching of endive, S. X. Green comments as 

 follows (^-lo. Bull. Ohio Exp. Sta. Xo. 32), with particular 



reference to treat- 

 ment of the crop 

 gro^Ti under glass 

 (Fig. U) : """The 

 blanching of the 

 greenhouse grown 

 crop is the most dif- 

 ficult part of the 

 culture of endive 

 under glass, and as yet no perfectly satisfactory method has 

 been found. In the field, especially in the cool fall months, 

 blanching is not difficult. Any sort of a covering that will 



Seedlings of endive (X 



