THOMAS JEFFERSON PLANTED LANDRETHS’ SEEDS AT MONTICELLO 
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Sow Two Ounces of Seed 
for 100 Yards of Row 
ENDIVE 
Native of China and Japan 
Plant three Pounds to the Acre 
Sow in the Spring as soon as the earth is free from frost and replant to within 60 days of Autumn frost. 
Drill in rows 2 feet apart, and thin the plants to 8 inches. Tie up the loose leaves or cover with a pot to 
blanch the salad. This is one of the most palatable Vegetables which can be used as a salad as well as a 
garnish to table vegetables. Endive, when grown properly and bleached with care, will produce one of the 
best salads that can be grown. Few people appreciate its value until they have eaten properly bleached 
Endive grown by a gardener who knows his business. 
Endive can be eaten uncooked in salad forms or boiled like Spinach, a distinct flavor and very pala¬ 
table when bleached. It is of rapid growth, highly esteemed and may be sown, except in Winter, at all 
seasons of the year. The plants are of rosette shape and can be tied up and bleached pure white like Celery. 
Especially desirable as a Winter salad. Grown largely by Market Gardeners. 
Giant Green Curled or Ruffick Endive 
Broad-Leaved Batavian or Escarolle—85 Days 
Foliage broad and flat, 16 inches in diameter—deep 
green leaves with thick midrib, that is exceedingly 
palatable when well bleached. Stands dry weather 
better than any other sort of Endive. We believe 
that this variety is unsurpassed for salad when it is 
bleached by an experienced gardener. 
Giant Green Curled or Ruffick—85 Days 
This variety is sometimes called Oyster as in the 
Eastern States where Oysters on the shell are ex¬ 
hibited, it is frequently used as a garnish to display 
them. This is a hardy growing variety, 16 to 18 
inches in diameter, with deep green leaves. When 
tied up these plants of red footstalks bleach white 
very quickly. It is a great favorite with those who 
desire a curly Endive. See photo. 
True Heart—90 Days 
An Improved Batavian. Same as Batavian only 
broader and thicker head at eating stage. 
White Curled—95 Days 
A variety of white or light-colored leaves. Distinct. 
More delicate and smaller in form than the large 
green curled. Less astringent than the green and 
is slightly easier to bleach. Used extensively for a 
decoration as well as a salad. 
Pkt. Oz. lb. Lb. 
Broad Leaved ..05 .15 .35 1.15 
Giant Green Curled . . . .05 .15 .35 1.15 
True Heart .05 .20 .55 1.75 
White . 05 .15 .40 1.25 
