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part of May they should be planted in a rich, warm piece of ground, at the 
distance of two feet and a half asunder, every way, for the purple, or two 
feet for the white kind; and if kept clean, and a little earth be drawn up to 
their stems, when about a foot high, they will produce plenty of fruit. Or, 
the seed may be sown about the end of April, on a warm border, and 
planted out finally the beginning of June ; but these will be rather late, and 
not produce fruit so abundantly, in the Middle or Eastern States as by the 
former method.”— McMahon. 
ENDIVE. 
Chicorium Endivia .— Chicoree , Fr.— Endivie , Ger. 
The endive is a hardy annual, a native of China and Japan, and intro¬ 
duced into Great Britain in 1548. The varieties are 
Green curled leaves, ] White curled leaves. | Broad-leaved Batavian. 
Estimate of sorts.—■' All the sorts are eligible for culture ; but allot, prin¬ 
cipally, the green curled for the main crops of autumn and winter endive, 
Inis being of the most stocky, full growth, and hardiest to stand severe 
weather. As to the others, allot a smaller portion of the white curled for 
early summer and autumn use ; of the broad-leaved kind, provide a mode¬ 
rate crop for autumn, till November or December; being by some esteemed 
preferable for stews and soups, though not much used in salads.” 
Propagation.—AW the varieties are raised from seed, of which, for a seed¬ 
bed four feet by ten in length, half an ounce is sufficient. 
Times of sowing. —“ The proper seasons are—May, for a smaller early 
crop, and principally June and July to the beginning of August; for full and 
successive crops, all autumn and winter, till the following spring: for, if 
sown earlier than the middle of May or beginning of June, they will mostly 
run to stalk the same season before attaining mature, useful growth. If any 
are required for early young summer endive, sow only a small portior of 
the white curled in April or May, as the plants will soon iun to seed, fn 
the middle or towards the end of May, you may begin sowing moderately 
of the different sorts; but do not sow fully till nearly the middle of June, 
that the plants may stand without running to seed the same year. About 
the twelfth and twenty-fifth of that month, also at the beginning and middle 
of July, sow the main and successive crops, for autumn and winter; and a 
finer smaller sowing about the beginning of August, for late supplies in the 
end of winter and following spring. 
