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fectly smooth, and some plants have seven and eight on them."' 

 "They are good bearers." ''Plants vigorous, some stocky, others 

 of taller groM'th." "All are of good quality." 'Tree from dis- 

 ease." "The seed I received produced very large eggplants of good 

 purple color and well shaped." "Two or three fruits on all plants." 

 "The fruit is of good shape and size for slicing." '"The plants are 

 large, stocky and vigorous, and the leaves dark. The fruit varies 

 from long to half-long, quality the best. I consider it worthy of 

 general cultivation." "I think it a variety worth keeping, as they 

 started easily when little plants." "It has met all one could expect, 

 and at the present time is doing nicely ; the size is good, and it is 

 very productive ; we have never had such very good success with 

 eggplant'^, but this is as good or better than we have ever had 

 before." "Color very fine." "The 'Jersey Belle' is doing finely ; a 

 quick, vigorous gTower, setting fruit nicely ; earlier than the ']^ew 

 York Improved,' set at same time ; I think it a very promising 

 variety." "The eggplant has continued to bear fruit liberally, 

 some being quite long, others similar to 'JSTew York Luproved;' it 

 is a very desirable sort, being earlier with me than any other I 

 have." "It is thirty-three to thirty-seven inches in height; vigor- 

 ous grower; three to six fruits at once, with crowded blossoms all 

 over plant." "We are much pleased with the 'Jersey Belle;' we 

 are growing the ']^e\v York Improved,' and I notice the superior 

 shape of your plant, it being more of an ideal shape for slicing; it 

 seems to be a hardy, vigorous grower, and we hope to produce more 

 of its kind next year." "I succeeded in raising fine plants ; the 

 fruit is five to six inches long, three to four inches thick, and one 

 plant has three of this size and five smaller ones." "The 'Jersey ' 

 Belle' eggplant is growing finely; in the bed from the seed you 

 sent me there will be a reversion to the parent stock of about 20 

 per cent., largely of the long purple variety; the true type, how- 

 ever, will be attractive in appearance and ar fine grower ; color, 

 dark purple; ver\^ quick in maturing its fruits; I am inclined to 

 think it will be the earliest of the large varieties ; plant a vigorous 

 grower, and about as productive as 'I^ew York Improved.' " "The 

 'Jersey Belle' is an entire success ; the plants are about two feet 

 high and very A'igorous ; they are loaded with f niits and blossoms ; 

 plants very uniform in shape; fruits exceedingly fine." "The 

 eggplant is satisfactory; it is a vigorous grower and has large 



