A B C OF FLORIDA TRUCKING 121 



VARIETIES. 



The Florida grown seed of this vegetable is the finest 

 obtainable, and if you care to go to the trouble you can 

 save your own seed, but it will hardly pay you to do this. 

 The New York Improved Large Purple is the most popular 

 variety, although the Florida High Bush is planted exten- 

 sively, and seems to be gaining in popularity each season. 

 Its best feature is that the fruit is set well above the ground, 

 therefore it does not rot as badly as the other varieties 

 which are apt to touch the ground, but I do not like the 

 color, size or shape of this fruit as well as the New York 

 Improved Large Purple. Another variety which is well 

 liked in all parts of the State is the Black Beauty, and the 

 more it is planted, the better it is liked. 



FERTILIZING. 



This is one crop which requires plenty of potash fertil- 

 izer and you will find it will pay to broadcast the field with 

 a ton of kainit, harrowing it in. Next lay the field off in 

 furrows the width you wish the rows apart, which is from 

 four to five feet, setting the plants about three feet apart in 

 the row; using 1,500 pounds of fertilizer in these furrows 

 which should analyze about as follows : Ammonia, 5% ; 

 available phosphoric acid, 4%; potash, 0%. Cover it well 

 and see that you get it mixed thoroughly with the soil. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



After the fertilizer has been in the ground about two 

 weeks you may set the plants. This should be done with 

 great care, as the egg plant will not stand rough handling. 

 \\'ater immediately after planting, pouring it on the ground 

 b) the side of the plant and not on it. 



