Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-03-08
II the Housewife Has Her
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Household Expenses
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BY MRS. NJ. A. WILSON

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THE bonne femme Of France knows
= very well that for health's sake
salad must play an important part in
the daily menu. To purchase these
plants would spell ruin of the thrifty
housewife. And if there is n space, be
1t ever so small. she will find an OPP
portunity to have her little herbs and
salad garden. These hardy green's. like
the herbs. will thrive in an ordinary
garden soil. A space seven by fifteen
feet will provide an abundance for her
table.
Young beets-The beet of France is
not permitted to mature, as in this
country. The tops are used for salads
and cooked green's, and are cut when
the beet is little larger than a walnut
Both the red and yellow varieties are
used. Sow the seed sparingly, about
one and quarter inches deep in a
row. Cover and nat firmly. Soak the
seed overnight--this will hasten the
termination. If sowing of seed is
made every ten days. say Of three feet
1t will provide an abundant variety.
Carrot--Sow the short and early va
rieties. and as this vegetable is grown
the same as the beet and is used when
quite small. full growth is not desired.
SnfCOTN II ldinilldT pant To llt
European markets. The leaves are
used for salads and green's. Plant the
seed about three quarter inch deep in
rows, very thickly. and blanch in the
same manner as endive when the leaves
are about six inches high.
To force chicory for the fall, SOW
tn the summer and in fall remove and
cu. the top to within two inches of the
crown. Then place in q barrel and
6ll with a mixture of sand and dirt.
Allow plenty of room for the leaves to
grow. Cover the barrel with a heavy
carpet or piece of canvas and in about
eighteen days the blanched leaves may
be cut. A second crop of leaves will
every thirty days.
Throughout the fall and winter this
will give a continual supply.
Corn salad or lambs lettuce is grown
for its leaves, which are delicate
green and have a very agreeable taste.
This salad plant is extremely delicate
and is best suited for spring and early
summer and late fall. 1t may, how
ever, be grown successfully in partially
warm, loamy soil, about one and one
half inches deep. Pick when about
three or four inches long. Two or three
crops can be picked.
Cresses--There are several varieties
OF this pungent little plant, but the
only one that interests the French
housewife is the garden cress. This
plant needs a cool, moist. rich soil.
Sow in shallow rows about one quarter
inch deep, very thickly, early in the
spring. 1t will mature in from eighteen
- thirty days and should be picked
In about twenty three days. 1t will
quickly run to seed and will be too
coarse to use. This plant is water
loving and must have abundant mois-
ture.
Constant cutting will provide second
crop of lettuce. which is best known
as the salad plant. There are four
varieties on the market-cos aspara
Sus. head and curly leaf lettuce. Try
using little of each variety. Lettuce
may be had for the table during the
entire year if cold frame is used in
the winter. Lettuce will grow in the
ordinary garden soil, providing there is
plenty of moisture during the warm
weather and plenty of cultivation. Sow
the seeds in boxes indoors and trans
plant about the 10th Of May into rows
about four inches apart. Later in the
season thin out. using the thinned
plants for the table.
Endive can be planned to follow let e
tuce during the months of July, August
and September. This plant is very
hardy and may be, sown outdoors early
In the spring and until quite late in
the season. When the plant is about
three inches high, it must be blanched
by placing a board on each side of the
row and filling lightly with earth, so
that the earth continues to be about one
Inch below the tip of the plant.
Escarole, or green curly endive, is
delicious salad plant. This may be
blanched by gathering the leaves close
about the plant and fastening with a
piece of tape, and keeping a basket, box
or flower pot turned over them. The
French prefer this method of binding
and tying, as the plant then occupies
less space. Sow the same as lettuce and
then thin, so that the plants are about
six to eight inches apart. They must be
thoroughly cultivated.
There are two varieties of the popu .
lar mint, the peppermint and green
mint. They can be used for sauces
seasonings and beverages Sow the
seeds in the spring in partly shady spots
very sparingly. Work well and keep
free from weeds. They require plenty
of moisture.
Mustard is an early spring and late
fall green. 1t is easy TO grow, but the
warm weather spoils it for table use.
The white mustard is used as a salad
plant, while the brown is used as q
pot green. Sow in rows about three =
quarter inch apart Cover and pat
firmly. Use only the tender, delicate
green leaves, as the plant natures very
quickly and the coarse, older plants are
unfit for food.
The radish is a hardy tuber plant
that is used for gsrnishing and also
eaten raw. Sow II in shallow rows and
pull when the size of a cherry. There
are many varieties to select from.
Sorrel Is cultivated in many parts 81
Europe for salads and as an herb. II
grows best in partially shady place
and needs very moist soil. Set the
bulbs about one and one half inches
apart and cultivate thoroughly. Cut
the flower Spirals as soon as they ap-
can be divided.
pear. The root has many bulbols which
Now to prepare the ground for tn,
peck of well Stacked lime and two
bushels of chicken manure in one wheel
barrowful of well-rotteu stable manure
Have the ground well worked by turn
ing over well. Rake and then let stanC
for one week. Spade up as deeply a.
possible and then rake to pulveriz,
thoroughly, Remove all clumps of gras
and make into fourteen rows. Have
continual planting every three weeks
The ground must be thorough!
worked and kept free from weeds. !
must be well watered every morning an,
lstc~in the afternoon. A plot this siz
will be source of revenue to the Frenc
woman she would be able to pay al
the taxes with the salads that sh
markets.
Remember that any ordinary gardel
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