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ENDIVE, OR SUCCORY. 
ENDIYE, OR SUCCORY. 
Chicoree des jardins. Cichorium endiva 9 etc 
VARIETIES. 
Green Curled. I Golden Yellow. 
White Curled. | Broad-leaved, or Scarol’e. 
The Cichorium endiva is a native of China and Japan, and is 
uch used in salads and stews, and as a garnish for the table. 
The proper kind of seed for early sowing is the Green 
Curled. A small quantity of this may be sown at different 
times in April and May, by those who would have it early. 
These crops will be very apt to run to seed ; for this reason, 
it will be best to delay the sowing of seed for general crops 
until June, or July. If a small quantity of each esteemed 
variety be sown two or three times in these months, they 
will produce a plentiful supply for use in Autumn and the 
early part of Winter. One ounce of good Endive seed will 
produce about five thousand plants. 
When the plants are three or four inches high, they should 
be transplanted into good ground, at the distance of a foot 
from each other, and immediately watered ; or if they are 
set out in cloudy or wet weather, it will save this trouble. 
The plants will requrie to be hoed and attended to in the 
same manner as Lettuce, until grown to a moderate size, when 
they must be blanched. Select the large and full-hearted 
plants, and with bass or other strings, tie them a little above 
the middle, not too tight, previously gathering up the leaves 
regularly in the hand. This must be done when the leaves 
are very dry, otherwise the plants will rot. The Cichorium 
intyhus grows spontaneuosly in many parts of Europe and 
America. In France it is much cultivated ; the tops of the 
plants are considered profitable for cattle, and the roots are 
taken up in Autumn, and dried. The aromatic and volatile 
qualities of coffee are, by the combination of this root, ren- 
dered more mellow and full upon the palate, and its fragrance 
greatly increased, producing an agreeable tonic, and most 
exhilarating beverage. 
