This antiquarian book contains a popular guide to cultivating vegetables
for salads, with information on how to grow all kinds of saladings in
the open air, on hotbeds, and under glass. Written in simple, clear
language and profusely illustrated, this text will be of significant
value to the novice kitchen gardener, and makes for a great addition to
collections of allied literature. The chapters of this volume include:
American Land Cress - History - Culture, etc.; Beet - History -
Culture - Lifting and Storing - Varieties - Pests and Diseases;
Celeriac - History - Early Crops - Main Crops - Late Crops - Blanching -
Varieties - Pests and Diseases; Celery - History, etcetera. We are proud
to republish this vintage text, now complete with a new and specially
commissioned introduction on farming.