"Preserving the future,
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| Endive Cicorium endiva
Although considered a salad essential in Europe, America is only recently adopting these garden herbs. The leaves are used as an addition to a green salad, their slightly bitter taste adding an interesting flavor dimension.
The forcing varieties are grown through the summer season and then trimmed to about one inch from the root crown about three weeks before the first frost. The re-growth during this cooler weather is what is harvested. In areas with colder winter climates or with the slower maturing varieties (like Witloof), indoor forcing will be required. The extra effort yields a wonderful fresh winter salad green. Tie outer leaves if you want to blanch the centers.
Endive and Chicory will readily cross-pollinate so you will need to keep at least 500 yards distance between plantings if you intend to save seed.
Each packet contains one gram, which is approximately 450 seeds.
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