VEGETABLES EGG PLANT. 149 



pay good treatment. They are planted from 2 to 3 feet 

 apart, according to the degree of richness of soil ; in the 

 fertile market gardens never less than 3 feet. Although 

 their sale is comparatively limited, yet from the difficul- 

 ties often experienced in raising the plants, all that are 

 offered, are sold at good prices ; the average is about $1 

 per dozen, each plant producing six to nine full-sized fruit. 

 It is more important with this vegetable to select the 

 proper variety for growing, than with any other that I 

 know ; for that reason we are chary of touching any other 

 sort for market purposes than the 



York Improved, This is readily distinguishable 

 from either the " Large Round " 

 or "Long Purple" varieties, in 

 the plant being more robust in all 

 its parts, the leaves and stems also 

 being thickly studded with spines, 

 which are not 

 to any extent on 

 the other vari- 

 eties, but the 



Fijr. 44.-N. Y. DROVED g^t merit it 



EGG PLANT. has over the oth- 



ers is its uniform productiveness. I grew 



from 1000 to 3000 Egg Plants for mar- 

 Fig. 45. LONG 



ket for over a dozen of years, but never EGG PLANT. 

 had a paying crop Avith any other sort except the New 

 York Improved. 



Long Purple. Different in shape from the foregoing ; 

 sometimes deep purple, and again pale, with white or yel- 

 lowish stripes. 



