HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
WITLOOF CHICORY OR BRUSSELS WITLOOF 
A NY time after the soil has become thoroughly warm 
in the spring sow seeds thinly in rows, two feet 
apart, and cover them about a quarter inch deep. Within 
two weeks the seedlings will appear, and a few weeks 
after that they should be thinned out to stand, first 
four inches, later eight inches apart in the row. 
Throughout the summer encourage these plants to 
make a strong growth by giving them frequent and clean 
cultivation. The first frosts will generally cause the 
leaves to drop and die, when the roots may be dug. They 
somewhat resemble a parsnip. Place them in a shed or 
cool cellar and let them rest for a few weeks, protecting 
them against frosts. 
Prepare a box, fourteen to eighteen inches deep, by 
putting about two to three inches of soil in bottom. 1 rim 
roots to be six to eight inches long and cut off all remaining 
foliage to within one inch of neck. (See illustration.) 
Place roots upright, side by side, in box, allowing about 
one inch space between them. Fill box and cover crowns 
with four or five inches of sand or soil. In a few weeks 
nicely blanched bunches of leaves will appear. 
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