600 MISCELLANEOUS VEGETABLES. 



Lon ^Purple. The plants of this variety are of the height 

 of the Round Purple, but are subject to some 

 variation in the color of the branches and in the production 

 of spines ; flowers large, purple, with a spiny calyx ; the 

 fruit is oblong, somewhat club-shaped, six or eight inches in 

 length, sometimes straight, but often slightly bent ; at matu- 

 rity, the skin is generally deep purple, but the color varies 

 much more than the Large Round ; it is sometimes pale pur- 

 ple, slightly striped, sometimes variegated with longitudinal 

 yellowish stripes, and always more deeply colored on the 

 exposed side. 



It is early, of easy culture, hardy and productive, excellent 

 for the table, thrives well in almost any section of the 

 Northern States, and, if started in a hot-bed, would perfect 

 its fruit in the Canadas. 



New York A sub-variety of the Large Round, producing 



the same number of fruits, which are generally 

 of a deeper color, and average of larger size. The leaves 

 are often spiny ; and, if the variety is genuine, the plants will 

 be readily distinguished from those of the last named by 

 their more dense or compact habit of growth. 



It is, however, comparatively late, and better suited to the 

 climate of the Middle States than to that of New England, 

 though it is successfully cultivated in the vicinity of Boston, 

 Mass., by starting the plants in a hot-bed, and setting them 

 in a warm and sheltered situation. 



Bound Pur- Plant from two to three feet high, branching, 

 pie. Tram. 



LAROE ROUND generally tinged with purple, producing two 

 and sometimes three fruits ; the leaves are 

 large, downy, oblong, lobed on the borders, with scattered 

 spines on the midribs ; flowers large, pale purple, the 

 flower-stem and calyx invested with purple spines ; the fruit 



