124 Home Vegetable Gardening 



parsley and used for garnishing or seasoning. The 

 root variety resembles the stump-rooted carrot, the 

 quality being improved by frost. Sow in April 

 or September. Treat like parsnip. 



Gives: — Leaves are used for imparting an onion 

 flavor. A clump of roots set out will last many 

 years. 



Cress: — Another salad little grown in the home 

 garden. To many, however, its spicy, pungent 

 flavor is particularly pleasing. It is easily grown, 

 but should be planted frequently — about every two 

 weeks. Sow in drills, twelve to fourteen inches 

 apart. Its only special requirement is moisture. 

 Water is not necessary, but if a bed can be started 

 in some clean stream or pool, it will take care of 

 itself. 



Upland cress or "pepper grass" grows in ordinary 

 garden soil, being one of the very first salads. Sow 

 in April, in drills twelve or fourteen inches apart. 

 It grows so rapidly that it may be had in five or 

 six weeks. Sow frequently for succession, as it 

 runs to seed very quickly. 



Chard: — See Spinach. 



Dandelion: — This is an excellent "greens," but as 

 the crop is not ready until second season from plant- 

 ing it is not grown as much as it should be. Sow 

 the seed in April — very shallow. It is well to put in 

 with it a few lettuce or turnip seed to mark the rows. 



