GARDEN' MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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ENDIVE. 



Chicoree [Ft.), Endivien (Ger.), Endibia (Sp. ), Indivia (Ital.) 



Green Curled. ■ I Broad Leaved or Escarolle. 



Extra Fine Curled. \ 



CULTURE. — A salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the market, 

 principally for summer use. It can be sown in drills a foot apart, and when the plants are well 

 up, thinned out till about eight inches apart. Or it can be sown broadcast thinly and trans- 

 planted the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are large eneugh, say about eight inches 

 long, tie them up for blanching, to make them fit for table. This can only be done in dry 

 weather, otherwise the leaves are apt to rot. For summer use do not sow before the end of 

 March, as if sown sooner, the plants will run into seed very early. Sow for a succession 

 during the spring and summer months. For winter use sow in September and October. 



Green Curled. Is the most desirable 

 kind, as it stands more heat than the 

 following sorts and is the favorite market 

 variety. 



Extra Fine Curled. Does not grow 

 quite so large as the foregoing, and is 

 more apt to decay when there is a wet 

 summer. Better adapted for winter. 



Broad-Leaved or Escarolle. Makes 

 a fine salad when well grown and blanched, 

 especially for summer. 



Greeo Curled Endive. 



GARLIC. 



Ail (Fr. ), Knoblauch ( Ger.), Ajo (Sp.), Aglio (Ital.) 



There is more garlic grown in Louisiana 

 than in any other State, or in all States 

 together. It is a staple product of the lower 

 parishes, and is raised for home consump- 

 tion and shipping. It is used for flavoring 

 stews, roasts and various other dishes. 

 People from the south of Europe use much 

 more than the inhabitants of the United 

 States. It should be planted in October 

 and November, in drills two to three feet 

 apart, about six inches in the drills and 

 one inch deep. The distance between the 

 rows depend upon the mode of cultiva- 

 tion, if planted in the garden, a foot be- 

 tween the rows is sufiicient. It is cultivated like Onions; in the spring they are taken up 

 and platted together in a string by the tops. One of these strings contains from fifty to 

 sixty heads in double rows; they 7.re then stored or rather hung up in a dry, airy place, and 

 will keep from six to eight months. 



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