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about the middle to last of August. The best 

 varieties are New York Purple and Long Purple, 

 the latter being the earlier. Management in the 

 hotbed and in the field is the same as for tomato. 



SUCCESS WITH EGGPLANT 



" On May i6 I planted about one-third acre of 

 eggplants, or about 1,200 plants, on a rich sandy- 

 loam," writes Charles Black of Mercer county, New 

 Jersey. " I put a small shovelful of well-decayed 

 manure under each plant. The seed was sown in 

 a greenhouse about February i. The plants were 

 transplanted while small in 2-inch pots. When 

 they had made fair-sized plants, they were trans- 

 planted again in 4-inch pots and grown until ready 

 to set in the field. They had constant cultivation up 

 to August I. We began cutting July 14, and gath- 

 ered 535 half-bushel baskets, or about 6,500 eggs. 

 These sold for about $210, or about an average of 

 40 cents a basket in local markets. The price 

 ranged from 20 cents to $1.50 a basket. Owing to 

 extreme drouth, about 100 plants yielded but little, 

 being too close to a row of trees. There were no 

 less than 50 baskets left lying on the ground at the 

 end of the season. I have grown eggplants many 

 years, but this is my best success." 



ENDIVE 



Endive is used as a salad during the late fall and 

 winter. It resembles dandelion in habit and growth 

 and has a similar bitter taste. It is sown and man- 

 aged in the same way as lettuce. For early sum- 

 mer use the seed is planted in the spring and for 

 late use in July. Usually the leaves are blanched 



