EGG-PLANT. 597 



Stalk twelve feet or more in height, with Whits 



Horss-tooth. 

 large, luxuriant foliage ; ears single, often in JBOPJIIERV 



pairs, short aud very thick, sixteen to twenty- 

 two rowed ; kernel remarkably large, milk-white, wedge- 

 formed, indented at the outer end ; cob red. 



Plant similar to that of the White Horse- Yellow 



Horse-tooth, 

 tooth ; kernel very large, bright yellow, indent- SOUTHRRN YKL- 



ed ; cob red. 



Extensively cultivated throughout the Southern States, but 

 not adapted to the climate of the Middle or Northern. 



EGG-PLANT. 



Solarium melongena. 



The Egg-plant is a native of Africa, and is also indige- 

 nous to Tropical America. It is a tender annual, with an 

 erect, branching stem, and oblong, bluish-green, powdered 

 leaves. The flowers are one-petaled, purple, and produced 

 on short stems in the axils of the branches ; the fruit is 

 often somewhat oblong, but exceedingly variable in form, 

 size, and color ; the seeds are small, yellowish, reniform, 

 flattened, and retain their germinative properties seven 

 years. 



Soil. The Egg-plant will thrive well in any good garden 

 soil, but should have the benefit of a sheltered situation. 



Sowing and Culture. The seed should be sown in a hot- 

 bed in March, at the time and in the manner of sowing 

 tomato seed. The young plants are, however, more tender, 

 and should not be allowed to get chilled, as they recover 

 from its effects very slowly. The plant being decidedly 

 tropical in character, the seedlings should not be transplanted 



