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FORCED HEADS OF CHICORY. 
It is only on the Continent one can appreciate the 
delicate piquancy attached to salads, as they seem to 
understand them better than we do here. Chicory is a 
leading ingredient in French salads, and the plant is so 
easily cultivated that it should be more popular here. 
The seed is sown in late spring, in a sheltered position 
on a nice soil, very similar to Carrots, the plants thinned 
out to about 9 inches apart, and left to grow on until 
the end of the summer, when the growth will die down, 
leaving a root somewhat like a Parsnip. These are 
taken into a shed and kept in a heap of soil away from 
frost, and transferred to a hothouse when needed to 
produce their blanched heads during winter. They may 
also be grown in boxes 
For Hints on Cultivation , see page 108. 
Price of seed, 6d. and is. per packet. 
Price of roots for forcing, 5s. per dozen (only available 
in winter). 
CHICORY. 
CRESS. 
Carters “ Parsley Curled.” — This selection of Curled Garden Cress is comparable with 
nothing less than a finely Curled Parsley — hence its name ; a distinct advance on the Triple Curled — 
Triple Curled. — Extra quick growth ... 
Plain or Common.— For early salads 
Curled. — Ordinary stock 
Australian Garden 
American, or Land Cress. See a/so page 108 
Watercress. See also page 108... ... ... ... ... ... per packet, 6d. and is 
Per quart. 
Per pint. 
Per 07 . 
jf. d. 
s. d 
s. d. 
— 
2 6 
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2 6 
i 6 
0 4 
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I 3 
0 3 
2 0 
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0 3 
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0 4 
— 
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0 4 
MUSTARD. 
Carters Finest White. — Very popular lor salads... 
Brown. — Very pungent ; the sect! largely used for grinding 
Chinese. — Black-seeded; fine pungent flavour... 
For other Salat/ Plants , see page 
08. 
For Herbs , see page 5 1 . 
CULTURAL DIRECTIONS. 
Mustard and Cress. —Two of the most popular salad plants in cultivation, being in season all the 
year round. They are both cultivated in a similar manner. 
Cultivation. — Use boxes of good fine soil, make the surface flat, and sow the seed rather thickly over the 
top, just pressing it in to the surface, but without using any covering material. After sowing, water it well. 
Place the box in moist heat, and cover with boards or thick paper until the seed germinates. Use shallow boxes 
half filled with soil. Frequent suceessional sowings should be made all the year round. Good results maybe 
obtained out of doors in the summer by preparing beds of fine soil in the same way as recommended for boxes, 
and covering the seed when sown with boards or mats until it germinates. 
Use. — Cut as soon as ready with a sharp knife. (See Illustration above.) 
Watercress may be successfully grown if sown in rows in a shady border and well watered. 
See page 108. 
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