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In the United States, endive is a familiar but infrequently used salad plant. It occurs in two forms, a narrow-leaved type and a broad-leaved type that is better known as escarole. Some chicory is grown in the United States as a green salad vegetable.
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Ryder, E.J. (1979). Endive and Chicory. In: Leafy Salad Vegetables. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-9699-4_5
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