Cress — Corn Salad 



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" Upland cress bears a considerable resemblance, both in form 

 and flavor, to the better known water cress. It will be acceptable 

 to many gardeners and cooks on that account. The leaves lie flat 

 upon the ground, and are thereby apt to be soiled by rains. The 

 plant does not run rapidly to seed, as does the garden cress, but 

 during hot weather the leaves soon become tough and bitter. The 

 summer crops are better grown in partly shaded situations. The 

 upland cress requires a longer time from planting to picking than 

 the garden cress. The crop sown this year July 28, was ready 

 September 18, or fifty-two days after sowing. This term might 

 doubtless be shortened by treatment proper to that end." — F. A. 

 Waugh, Bull. 54, Vt. Exp. Sta. 



CORN SALAD 



Corn salad is grown as lettuce is. It is a cool -sea- 

 son crop. It is hardy and may be sown as soon as the 

 ground is fit in spring. It matures in six to eight 

 weeks, giving a bunch of leaves somewhat like small- 

 leaved spinach. In warm weather and in dry places, the 

 plant soon runs to seed. It may be sown in the fall and 



Fig. 110. Corn salad seedlings. Two-thirds natural size. 



protected in winter as advised for spinach. If sown late 

 in summer, the plant will give edible herbage in the fall, 

 and in a mild climate or an open winter it may be used 

 all winter. 



