VARIETIES OF EGGPLANTS. 233 
crops which rival those grown out of doors. It is also 
the earliest variety tested, a point which is of the great- 
est importance. The eggplant is slow in coming to 
maturity, even under the most favorable circumstances. 
The above photograph was taken nine months from the 
time of sowing the seed, but a cutting of fruit might 
have been made fully six weeks earlier. This set fruit 
more freely than any other variety, and in nearly every 
desirable respect was superior to them. This Early 
84. Sprays of Early Dwarf Purple eggplant. 
Dwarf Purple, as grown in the field, is shown in Fig. 84. 
New York Improved was a very strong grower, and 
produced large, handsome fruits. Unfortunately, but 
few could be obtained from a plant, and the total yield 
was, therefore, comparatively small, only four or five 
maturing on the best plants. It is also considerably 
later than the Early Dwarf Purple. The New York Im- 
