CHAPTER XVIII.—SALAD CROPS 141-160

What they are 141 What they need 141 Celeriac 159 How eaten 159 How to grow 159 Soil and tillage 159 Transplanting 159 Celery 150 Blanching 154, 155, 156 Care in tilling 153, 154 Diseases 158 Early and late crop 153 Fertilizing 153 How to sow 151 Loss in sprouting 152 Marketing 157 Seed-bed crop 150 Soil requirements 150 Storing 157 Thinning 152 Transplanting 152 Varieties 158 Where it grows best 150, 151 Chicory 145 How to grow 145 Salad plant 145 Use of chicory roots 146 Corn Salad 148 Cool-season crop 148 How and where to plant 148 Yield 149 Cress 146 How and where to grow 146, 147 How to plant 148 Varieties 146 Endive 144 Blanching 144 How to sow 144 Season, its 144 Soil and tillage 144 Use, its 145 Lettuce 142 Companion-crop 143 Culture 142 Growing in the open 143 “ under glass 143 Nature 142 Sowing and thinning 143 Succession-crop 143 Yield 143 Parsley 149 Easy to grow 149 Nature 149 Uses 149 Salad Chervil 149 Culture 150 Ready for use 150 Varieties 150