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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 



&f. 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- 



