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vegetable, grown at the start somewhat in the same 

 way as the Capsicum when the latter is grown for 

 using green. The seed should be sown early in the 

 spring in heat, and the seedlings pricked out like those 

 of Celery, and when large enough planted out in rich 

 soil in a frame or pit, from fifteen inches to eighteen 

 inches from the frame or glass. Give the plants liberal 

 treatment for a time, close early in the afternoon and 

 damp overhead. The purple variety is the best when 

 cooked, and both this and the other varieties should 

 not be allowed to get too old before they are used. 

 The Aubergine is a favourite in the United States, the 

 New York Purple being a variety of excellent flavour. 

 There is also a black fruit, a Chinese variety, that is 

 of free growth, and these last two are excellent for 

 general culture. When in flower it is well to give 

 more ventilation and less moisture overhead, but when 

 set they enjoy liberal supplies of liquid manure. If the 

 plants are given a little bottom heat at the start, they 

 grow rapidly, but red spider and thrips soon trouble 

 the foliage, so that dryness should be guarded against. 



SUGAR CORN. 



This is not common in this country, but it is well 

 worth a special note. In the United States Sugar Corn 

 is largely cultivated for cooking, and should find more 

 favour in this country as a vegetable. It requires a 

 deep well-manured soil, and succeeds best in deep drills 

 or shallow trenches, with a liberal amount of manure 



