THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



to cover them for ten minutes. Strain this water 

 and use one quart. Add to it slowly one quart of 

 cream, then the corn. Season and cook fifteen 

 minutes. Milk can be used instead of cream, thick- 

 ened with one tablespoonful each of butter and 

 flour rubbed together. Serve at once. 



EGG-PLANT 



This is one of the few vegetables requiring spe- 

 cial care in cultivation. The seed should be started 

 in a warm hotbed in April, and as soon as the 

 plants are three inches high they should be potted 

 off into small pots and plunged back into the soil 

 of the beds. They may be transplanted into the 

 open ground when the weather is quite settled and 

 the soil and nights warm, or they may be repotted 

 into larger pots and set out in the open ground 

 the first of June. 



Egg-plants require a great deal of heat at the 

 start, and if they receive a setback at this time, 

 rarely recover, so that every effort should be made 

 to keep them from being chilled, while at the same 

 time giving them the necessary amount of ventila- 

 tion. It is well in planting the seed of egg-plants 



