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a flat garden pan. This is a recent introduction from France, 

 the English Synonym quoted to it came only this year, and 

 from one seedsman's collection. 



7. Small Green Curled Endive 

 Green Curled Endive. 

 ChicorSe Frisie. 

 ChicorSe de Meaux. 

 Chicorte Endive. 



Leaves much cut and curled, from six to seven inches long, 

 lying flat on the ground ; heart leaves full and close ; this is 

 of a darker green than the preceding, and will tie up much 

 better for blanching. It is an early kind, and is liable to rot 

 in the heart from too much wet, 



8. Large Green Curled Endive. 

 Green Curled Endive. 



Cut Yellow Winter Endive, of the German* 



Differs from the Small Green Curled Endive, for the outer 

 leaves are generally ten to twelve inches long, growing looser 

 and rather more upright ; the inner ones are less numerous, 

 and not quite so much divided. It ties up well to blanch, 

 is hardy, and does not rot. The English gardeners do 

 not appear to have distinguished the Small and the Large 

 Green Curled Endives from each other, for the name of 

 Green Curled alone was given to seeds from which both 



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