. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Loewenzalm, Ger. DANDELION. Pissenlii, Fr. Amarf/nn, Sp. One ounce to 100 feet of row. CULTURE.—Plants usually come up small and feebly. Sow seed in good clean loam, in drills 1 foot apart, and thin or transplant to 10 or 12 inches apart in the rows. May be blanched by covering with leaves or other loose litter, or bv placing a large inverted flower pot over each plant. Broad-leaved
. Dreer's garden book : seventy-third annual edition 1911. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. Loewenzalm, Ger. DANDELION. Pissenlii, Fr. Amarf/nn, Sp. One ounce to 100 feet of row. CULTURE.—Plants usually come up small and feebly. Sow seed in good clean loam, in drills 1 foot apart, and thin or transplant to 10 or 12 inches apart in the rows. May be blanched by covering with leaves or other loose litter, or bv placing a large inverted flower pot over each plant. Broad-leaved. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; } lb., $ Improved Thick-leaved. An improved variety. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 50 cts.; 4 lb., $ ENDIVE. Endivic, Ger. Chiroree, Fr. Endibia 6 Escarola. Sp. One ounce of seed to 300 feet of row. Endive is oneof the besl and most wholesome salads for fall and winter use. Sow in shallow drills in April for early use or for late use in June or July, When 2 or 3 inches high, transplant into good ground or thin out to 1 loot apart. When nearly full grown, and before they are lit for the table, they must be bleached. This i> done by gathering the leaves together and tying with yarn or bass, to exclude the light and air from the inner leaves, which must be done when quite drv, or thi \ will int. Another method is to cover the plants with boards or slats. In three or four weeks they will be blanched. Dreer's Giant Fringed. (See cut,) A strong- growing vanti', wih large white heart and broad shins; good for fall and winter. On account of the beautifully curled leaves it is line for decorative pur- pose. Pkt., 10 cts.; 7., •_'."> us.; ] 11>., 75cts. Green Curled Winter. Standard sort for fall and winter. Pkt,, oz., 15 cts.; J 40 cts. White Curled ( >. f-blanching). Leaves pale green, grows to a large size, always crisp and very tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 1". cts.; ] lb., 40 cts. Broad-leaved Batavian (Eacarolle). L
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