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JAPANESE CLIMBING 
Cucumber 
VIGOROUS VINES. IMMUNE FROM BLIGHT 
While all Cucumbers are running vines, yet this variety is much 
more creeping, or climbing, in its habit, so much so that it quickly 
climbs on poles or trellises in the same manner as the Pole Lima 
Bean. It is entirely distinct and the quality is splendid. The 
Cucumbers are from 12 to 1G inches in length, with smooth, dark 
green skin, turning to brown and netted when ripe. The flesh is 
snow white, crisp and mild in flavor, and it is well adapted for 
pickling, as well as for slicing for salads. The great advantage 
of having a Cucumber which can be trained on a pole or a fence 
will be apparent to all. (See engraving.) 
Price, 10c. pkt., 20c. oz., 60c. 34 lh., $2.00 lb. 
Green Curled Endive 
THE “CHICORINE FRIStfE” OF THE FRENCH 
An excellent salad plant, available long after the season for 
Lettuce, and more easily grown. The flavor is pleasantly bitter, 
stimulating and zest-giving. Is used also boiled as greens. 
Green Curled is the best for general use, and is easily blanched 
by covering the full-grown plants with boards or pieces of slate. 
After severe frost the plants may be removed and planted closely 
in a cellar for winter use. The seed should be sown in rows about 
2 feet apart and 34 inch deep in the drill. When sufficiently grown 
thin the plants out to 8 inches apart and cultivate thoroughly 
while growing. A very early crop may be grown by starting the 
seed in hotbed, greenhouse, or window box. Good results come 
from early spring sowing, and even better, when treated as a fall 
crop. Successional sowings during July give a continuous supply 
after cool weather, and with a slight covering the plants may be 
kept in good condition well into November. (See engraving.) 
Price, 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., 85c. 34 lb., $3.00 lb. 
Broad-Leaved Batavian Endive 
(ESCAROLLE) 
Has broad, fleshy leaves, forming a large heart; makes excellent 
winter salad. It is also boiled as “greens.” Sow in the same way 
as Green Curled, but thin out the plants to 10 inches apart in 
the rows. 
Price, 10c. pkt., 30c. oz., 85c. 34 lb., $3.00 lb. 
Henderson's "Salads, Growing and Blanching '* How to Prolong the 
Sent **ee if asked Jor. # e 
Supply of Endive Salad 
Carefully lift the 
plants at the approach of 
winter, with a large ball 
of earth adhering to the 
roots, wrap them in layers 
of moistened paper just 
sufficient to keep the 
earth intact, and place 
them on the floor of a 
cellar where they may get 
a little light. Fill up the 
spaces between the roots 
with garden soil and keep 
moderately moist. After 
they are established,sacks 
may be arranged around 
the space occupied so as 
to exclude the light, and 
the plants will soon be 
sufficiently blanched. The 
success of this operation 
depends entirely on the 
care exercised in lifting 
the roots, as the plant 
resents a check, and if the 
earth should fall away 
from the roots, the opera¬ 
tion will be spoiled. 
Another method of pro¬ 
longing the season is to 
arrange the plants at 
planting time in such a 
manner that a cold frame 
may be placed over them 
where they stand. 
HENDERSON’S GARDEN GUIDE AND RECORD 25t ' " 
