. Dreer's Open-air vegetables. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. 122 dreer's open-air vegetables. and White Curled. The latter is the " chicory salad " of the restaurants. Broad-leaved Batavian Endive is sometimes called Escarolle, and Giant Fringed is sometimes called Oyster Endive. LETTUCE. This is by far the most important member of the Com- posite group of vegetables. It has a deserved place in all gardens, both large and small, during the summer season. See Chapter XIV. SALSIFY AND BLACK SALSIFY. Salsif)^, or Oyster Plant, or Vegetable Oyster, is an excellent thing during
. Dreer's Open-air vegetables. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. 122 dreer's open-air vegetables. and White Curled. The latter is the " chicory salad " of the restaurants. Broad-leaved Batavian Endive is sometimes called Escarolle, and Giant Fringed is sometimes called Oyster Endive. LETTUCE. This is by far the most important member of the Com- posite group of vegetables. It has a deserved place in all gardens, both large and small, during the summer season. See Chapter XIV. SALSIFY AND BLACK SALSIFY. Salsif)^, or Oyster Plant, or Vegetable Oyster, is an excellent thing during the winter months. It is sowed and grown like the car- rot. It is hardy, and can be left in the ground all winter, if desired. It thrives best in a well-enriched, mellow soil. It should be sown early in spring, one inch below the surface, in rows fifteen inches apart, and thinned out to six inches in the row. Mammoth Sandwich Island is the leading and best type. Long White is an Dlder variety, and by some growers held in highest esteem. Black Salsify, or Scorzonera, resembles ordinary Salsify, and is grown in the same way, but mostly by private gardeners. Martin Geary, gardener to Fred- Villa Nova, Pa., sows Salsify May i. In 1896, being short of manure, he opened a furrow with a small plow and used chicken manure and coal ashes in the row, and also some wood ashes. The. MAMMOTH SANDWICH ISLAND SALSIFY. Martin Geary, gardener to Frederick W. Morris, Villa Nova, Pa., January4,1897. erick W. Morris. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, H. A. Dreer
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