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EGG-PLANT, PEPPER, AND TOMATO. 



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

 in a warm and sheltered situation. 



Bound Purple. Plant from two to three feet high. The 

 LARGE^ROUND ^ ru ^ * s ob'ovate, four or five inches in diam- 

 eter, six or seven inches deep, slightly in- 

 dented at the apex, and of a fine deep purple when well 

 matured, though specimens sometimes occur slightly striped 

 or rayed with yellowish-green. 



The American Large Purple, if not the same, is but an 

 improved form of this variety. 



Scarlet-fruited A high1 ^ ornamental variety, introduced 



Egg-plant. from Portugal. The plant attains the height 



of three feet, with leaves six inches long. In 



general appearance, it resembles the Common Egg-plant ; 



but the fruit, which is of the size of a hen's egg, is of a 



beautiful scarlet. 



It is rarely if ever used for food, but is principally culti- 

 vated for its peculiar, richly colored, and ornamental fruit, 



which makes a fine garnish. 



The variety is late, and not hardy. The seeds should be 



started early in a hot-bed, and the plants grown in a warm 



and sheltered situation. 



White Egg- Fruit milk-white, egg-shaped, varying from 



plant. three to five inches in length, and from two 

 inches and a half to three inches and a half in diameter. 



It is,. the earliest, hardiest, and most productive of all 

 varieties. The plants frequently produce five or six fruits 

 each ; but the first formed are generally the largest. 



If sown in the open ground early in May, the plants will 

 often perfect a portion of their fruit ; but they are most pro- 

 ductive when started in a hot-bed. 



The fruit is sometimes eaten cooked in the manner of the 

 Purple varieties, but is less esteemed. 



