This combination is so full-bodied that it makes traditional Caesar dressing look thin, so it must be used with very sturdy greens, the kind that only rarely make their way into salads.

Robert rested his chin on his hand and looked across the vales and hills, where the feathery gray of leafless hardwoods was mingled with the sturdy, unfailing green of the conebearers.

Rich squash, sturdy greens and ripe pears provide robust flavors for an autumn menu.

It can also be used in a hot vinaigrette over a salad of sturdy greens with duck cracklings as a garnish.

Through Sept. 28, its works by 120 or so artists are dispersed through several buildings and in various public spaces, from shop windows to parks to the downtown railroad terminal, where one artist has even planted some sturdy greens among the tracks.

Garlic chives, which come to the Greenmarket a little later in the year, are an Asian variety, with thicker, sturdier greens and a much more potent smell and taste.

For example, there are sturdy greens - escarole, chicory, romaine lettuce and cabbage - that can be used.

BUNCHES of sturdy greens beckon in cold weather.