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of keeping up an unchecked growth of the plants. As eggplants are 

 very much liked by the potato bug, care must be given to protect the 

 plants from this pest. 



Of the several varieties of eggplant listed by different seedmen, the 

 following are perhaps the most universally grown: 



Improved New York Purple. — Plants grow low, stocky, and branch- 

 ing, entirely free from spines. Pruits large, smooth, and rich purple in 

 color. Early bearing. 



Black Beauty. — ISTot so heavy a yielder as the Improved New York 

 Purple, but from ten days to two weeks earlier. Fruit of good form, 

 size, and color. Texture and quality good. 



Black Pekin. — A strong growing variety of medium size. Color 

 almost black. Flesh white, solid, fine-grained and good. 



HORSE-RADISH. 



Horse-radish is naturally a perennial, but when grown commercially 

 it is usually treated as an annual crop. It is grown entirely for its 

 pungent roots, which are used as a relish. A deep, cool, rich soil and 

 moderately late growing season will produce the best horse-radish. The 

 land cannot be made too rich for the production of this crop. Being 

 grown for its roots, it requires plenty of nitrogen and potash. From 

 800 to 1,000 pounds an acre of a fertilizer having 



Available. Phosphoric Acid 7 per cent 



Mtrogen 4 per cent 



Actual Potash 9 per cent 



should produce a profitable yield of this crop, particularly if the soil 

 is already reasonably fertile and in good condition. 



Horse-radish differs from other garden root crops in that it is propa- 

 gated from cuttings of the small side roots which are made from the 

 trimmings when the main roots are dressed for market. Good cuttings 

 are about the size of a lead pencil or one's little finger and are from 

 4 to 7 inches long. They are planted as early in the spring as the 

 ground can be worked, often put out in rows of early cabbage or 

 beets. When these crops are harvested, the horse-radish takes the land 

 and receives the same cultivation given other similar crops. Cuttings 

 are planted right end up from 12 to 18 inches apart in the row. They 

 are set so that the tops are usually from. 3 to 5 inches below the surface 

 of the land. This deep planting delays the appearing of the plants at 

 a time when they might interfere with any combination crop. 



IRISH POTATOES. 



The early potato crop is of prime importance to the coastal section of 

 all the states from Florida to Maryland. This crop requires light, 

 sandy loam soil, well filled with vegetable matter. Potatoes can be 

 grown successfully on heavier soils if well drained ; but where earliness 



