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ENDIVE , Cichorium Endivia, an See also:annual esculent plant of the natural See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order See also:Compositae, commonly• reputed to have been introduced into See also:Europe from the See also:East Indies, but, according to some authorities, more probably indigenous to See also:Egypt. It has been cultivated in See also:England for more than three See also:hundred years, and is mentioned by See also:John Gerarde in his Herbal (1597) • There are numerous varieties of the endive, forming two See also:groups, namely, the curled or narrow-leaved (See also:var. crispa), and the Batavian or broad-leaved (var. latifolia), the leaves of which are not curled. The former varieties are those most used for salads, the latter being grown chiefly for culinary purposes. The plant requires a See also:light, See also:rich and dry See also:soil, in an unshaded situation. In the See also:climate of England See also:sowing for the See also:main See also:crop should begin about the second or third See also:week in See also:June; but for See also:plants required to be used See also:young it may be as See also:early as the latter See also:half of See also:April, and for See also:winter crops up to the See also:middle of See also:August. The See also:seed should be finely spread in drills 4 in. asunder, and then lightly covered. After reaching an See also:inch in height the young plants are thinned; and when about a See also:month old they may be placed out at distances of 12 or 15 in., in drills 3 in. in See also:depth, care being taken in removing them from the seed-See also:bed to disturb their roots as little as possible. The Batavian require more See also:room than the curled-leaved varieties. Transplantation, where early crops are required, has been found inadvisable. Rapidity of growth is promoted by the application of liquid See also:manures. The See also:bleaching of endive, in order to prevent the development of the natural See also:bitter See also:taste of the leaves, and to improve their See also:appearance, is begun about three months after the sowing, and is best effected either by tying the See also:outer leaves around the inner, or, as in See also:damp seasons, by the use of the
oleaching-pot. The bleaching may be completed in ten days or so in summer, but in winter it takes three or four See also:weeks. For See also:late crops, See also:protection from See also:- FROST (a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch, vorst, Ger. Frost, from the common Teutonic verb meaning " to freeze," Dutch, vriezcn, Ger. frieren; the Indo-European root is seen in Lat. pruina, hoar-frost, cf. prurire, to itch, burn, pruna, burning coal, Sans
- FROST, WILLIAM EDWARD (1810–1877)
frost is requisite; and to secure See also:fine winter endive, it has been recommended to take up the full-grown plants in See also:November, and to See also:place them under shelter, in a soil of moderately dry See also:sand or of half-decayed See also:peat See also:earth. Where forcing-houses are employed, endive may be sown in See also:January, so as to procure by the end of the following month plants ready for use.
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