Eggplant. 57 



Vaeieties. 



Only two varieties of eggplant are to be recommended. 

 The writer uses Burpee's Black Beauty altogether, but in 

 some other sections the Florida High Bush is used, many 

 preferring this variety to the Black Beauty, and claiming 

 it to be a better shipper. In order to grow eggplant suc- 

 cessfully the first thing to do is to provide yourseK with 

 healthy, well rooted, large, plants; second, have suitable 

 soil, well fertilized, before setting; third, careful setting, 

 using plenty of water in dry weather. If your plants un- 

 der such circumstances start off well and show purple 

 bud, you may feel assured of a good crop barring killing 

 frost. If your plants stand for several weeks and shows 

 no growth dig it up and plant something else, for this is 

 a peculiar crop and never recovers from a severe backset, 

 unless it has taken good roots and has shown a vigorous' 

 growth prior to the back set. In this case they generally 

 recover and make good crops. 



Diseases. 



On soil adapted to the crop eggplant rarely show dis- 

 ease of any kind, but for this crop as well as' others the 

 preventive is described. 



Insects. 



Aside from cutworms there are few insects affecting 

 this; Occasionally caterpillars attack the leaves', and cut- 

 worms eat the fruit. The remedies for these have already 

 been given. During dry weather the aphis frequency at- 



