ENDIVE.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 285, 2 December 1933, Page 6 (Supplement)

ENDIVE.

SPLENDID SALAD PLANTS. Endive forms a splendid salad plant, which is as wholesome and palatable as lettuce. There are two kinds of endive, namely, the broad-leaved and the curled, and both require light, deeply-worked, sandy soil, which must be well drained and liberally manured. The seed should be thinly sown in drills Ift or so apart, the seedlings being thinned out or transplanted lOin apart. Water the seedlings during dry weather, and also see that

the plants do not lack moisture at any time during growth. The plants ought to bo blanched when the hearts are a fair size, but it is important to commence blanching only during dry weather. The foliage of the broadleaved endive should be drawn together and tied at the top, as shown at A herewith, while the curled varieties must be covered with pieces of wood or slate, fits at B, or even inverted plates, as at C. Another method is to cover the plants with inverted pots or suitable wooden boxes, as shown at D and E respectively. ' A nicely-blanched leaf of curled endive is shown at F.