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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



Broad-leaved Limay Endive. 



B r o a d - 1 eaved 

 Limay Endive. — 



Leaves very large, and 

 in a rosette of palish 

 green, puckered, entire, 

 the inner ones cut into 

 rather deep but not 

 very numerous lobes, 

 very much puckered^ 

 and forming a stout 

 head. This is a larger 

 variety than the 

 Common Broad-leaved 

 kind, to which it is 

 preferred in some locali- 

 ties near Paris, with- 

 out any very apparent 

 reason. 



White Batavian 

 Endive. — Rosette 

 rather broader than that 



of the Common Broad-leaved kind, but not so full, and especially 

 remarkable for the very pale colour of the leaves. This variety 

 heads to a much less extent than any other kind, and is usually 

 cut when young, before 

 it is fully grown. It 

 is less hardy than the 

 Common Broad - leaved 

 kind, and more liable to 

 be spoiled by damp, but 

 on account of its light 

 colour it is in much re- 

 quest for sal^. It is 

 chiefly grown for summer 

 and autumn use, and by 

 making successional sow- 

 ings it can always be had 

 tender. 



Hooded Batavian, or 

 Hardy Green Winter, 

 Endive {Chicoree en 

 cornet), — This variety 

 differs very much in ap- 

 pearance from the other 

 kinds of Endive, and 



even from the other white Batavian Endive natural size> 



