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CRESSES 
HTHE Curled Garden Cress or Pepper Grass is one of the 
■*- most appetizing of all spring salads and it literally 
grows “as quickly as grass,” making a very rapid growth 
in any garden soil. That, as a matter of fact, is the only 
fault of Curled Cress: it grows so rapidly that the home 
gardener seldom ever has a chance to use it all before it 
goes to seed. 
Sow very thinly in rows, a foot apart, cover lightly 
and use as fast as it becomes six inches tall. Make re- 
peated sowings of ten-foot rows throughout April. 
Water Cress forms much fleshier stems and leaves, 
but requires very moist soil to do well. It generally is 
grown along the banks of small creeks where, being hardy, 
it thrives year after year after becoming established. 
Seeds are best started in pots or pans early in April and 
seedlings transplanted in May. Small quantities may be 
grown in boxes, pans, or bowls, in a sunny window, in the 
house. 
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