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Picpus Curled Endive natural size). 



of the terminal part of 

 the leaf. In the Picpus 

 variety, this is very 

 narrow and almost re- 

 duced to a midrib ; 

 while in the other kind 

 it has some degree of 

 width. The midrib or 

 stalk of the Picpus also 

 is much narrower, is 

 without the rosy tinge, 

 and only furnished here 

 and there with leafy 

 appendages, which give 

 it a very peculiar ap- 

 pearance. The Picpus 

 is a very good and 

 hardy kind of Endive, 



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and is well adapted for open-air culture. 



Green Curled Upright Endive (C/n'cor^e Grosse Pancaliere).— 

 Resembles the Meaux Endive in shape and leaves, but it is 

 earlier, more erect, and so dense in the centre that the crowded 

 mass of foliage blanches 

 of itself. The midribs of 

 the leaves are tinged 

 with rose, by which it is 

 easily distinguished from 

 the Ruffec Endive, which 

 also forms compact tufts. 

 For its rapidity of growth 

 and productiveness it is 

 much grown for salads, 

 etc. 



Rouen or Stag's 

 Horn Endive. — A hand- 

 some and very distinct 

 variety, forming a very 

 full rosette, 14 to 16 in. 

 in diameter. The leaves 

 are not so finely divided, 

 nor are the divisions so 

 much curled, as in the 

 preceding varieties ; they 

 are also of a duller and 

 grayer colour. The mid- 

 rib is thick, but very 



Green Curled Upright Endive. 



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