. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 208 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENINQ. sunny -wall, about June 1st, also fruit during favour- able summers. The fmit consists of many colours, in separate varieties. Endive [Chicorimn Endivia). Fienah, Chicoree ; German, Endivien; Spanish, Endivia.—This is a hardy annual introdu£ed long since from China and Japan. Owing to the more succulent leaves of im- proved forms, it has become less hardy than of yore; hence only the very smallest plants withstand the severity of our ordinary winters. Used general^ as -a salad plant, it is nevertheless in demand for cul
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. 208 CASSELL'S POPULAR GARDENINQ. sunny -wall, about June 1st, also fruit during favour- able summers. The fmit consists of many colours, in separate varieties. Endive [Chicorimn Endivia). Fienah, Chicoree ; German, Endivien; Spanish, Endivia.—This is a hardy annual introdu£ed long since from China and Japan. Owing to the more succulent leaves of im- proved forms, it has become less hardy than of yore; hence only the very smallest plants withstand the severity of our ordinary winters. Used general^ as -a salad plant, it is nevertheless in demand for culi- nary purposes. It can only be grown well under very generous treatment. Good, deep, well-manured and well- worked soU is an essential therefore. The best crops are those of autumn, winter, and early spring. During the sunmier months heat and aridity force the plants out of heart into the- seeding . state. The first sowing should be made upon a rich warm border early in April, Transplant the seedling plants, leaving only a thin crop to remain upon the seed-bed to f uUy develop, at distances of about five inches apart. Hoe well amongst them, giving an occasional watering with liquid manure. Transplant the "drawn" seedlings on to a cool rich border in rows nine inches apart. Plant them deeply, by which means a better heart wiU be formed. Make a second sowing about the middle ol May upon a cool rich site. Sow the seeds thinly, as at this time seedling plants should not be transplanted. Thin this crop out, permitting the plants to develop upon this extended seed-bed. For the autumn and winter supplies, sow about July 20th, and for succes- sional crops once a fortnight subsequently until the end of August. Immediately any seedlings are large enough, trans- plant them at once into deep rich soil, and a sunny aspect, leaving sufficient upon each seed-bed to con- tinue growing into the perfect plant. The produce of the two last sowings transplant in rows thickly across a
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