SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 
EGG PLANT 
1 ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 
Sow in March in hotbeds, and transplant when 2 inches high into a second 
hotbed, or let them remain and thin out to 4 inches apart. When the weather 
becomes settled, transplant into the open ground 3 feet apart each way. Good 
culture is quite as important as good seed. Work the ground deep, make it rich 
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with well-rotted manure and hoe often. 
Mammoth Smooth Stem A decided improvement on the New York 
Large Purple in quality, size and beauty. 
The plants are large and vigorous, leaves of a light green shade, stem smooth, 
fruit large, oval, early and of a fine deep purple. 
Black Beauty The most beautiful and earliest of all large Egg Plants. 
Florida High Bush 
purple of oblong shape. 
New York Improved Purple Oval shaped, thornless, dark purple 
Very vigorous and productive; of upright growth 
holding the fruit well off the ground; color light 
Black Beauty Egg Plant 
color, and rich flavor. 
KOHLRABI 
1 ounce will produce 1,500 plants. 
leaves almost white. 
market garden. 
Early White Vienna 
bulbs grow to the size of an apple when ready for use, 
and are a pale whitish green. 
ENDIVE 
1 ounce to 100 feet of drill, 3 pounds to the acre. 
Ever White Curled 
of the Green Curled, but the mid-rib is yellow and the 
Broad-leaved Batavian 
plain; color light green. 
This is the hardiest variety, and 
Green Curled very desirable for the home and 
The deep green leaves are beautifully 
cut and curled, easily blanched and become very crisp, 
tender and fine flavored. 
LEEK 
1 ounce to 50 yards of drill. 
Sow early in the spring in drills 1 inch deep and 12 
inches apart, when about 6 inches high transplant into 
deep, rich soil, 5 inches apart; use a dibble and plant 
This forms a bulb above the ground and its flavor is 
somewhat similar to Cabbage. 
inches apart, thinning out to 8 inches between the plants. 
Early White Vienna Excellent for forcing 
Sow in April in rows 18 
and of fine quality. The 
Plants moderately dense; 
leaves coarser than those 
(Escarolle) 
broad and 
Leaves 
almost 
Monstrous Carentan Leek 
deeply, close to their leaves. 
A favorite market variety, of 
Large London Flag enormous size, leaves large 
and broad; flavor mild and pleasant. 
OR SCOTCH CHAMPION. 
Monstrous Carentan $f Score octave. the 
leaves are fan-shaped, of a dark green color; the edible 
stem is 6 to 8 inches long and 8 inches in diameter. 
FENNEL (Florence) 
(Finocchia) In great demand with Italian trade and de- 
serves to be more generally used. The leaf stalks are clus- 
tered in a bulb-like formation, and when these are about 1% 
inches wide, the plants should be hilled up to about half 
their height. 
KALE (Also see Borecole, page 8) 
Broadcast, 2 to 3 pounds per acre; 1 ounce to 200 feet of drill. 
The Kales are more hardy than Cabbage, and make excellent greens for 
winter and spring use. 
protect during winter. 
Extra Curled Long Standing An improvement on the well-known 
For early spring use, sow broadcast in September and 
It may also be sown in April or May for later use. 
German Extra Curled Kale; beauti- 
fully curled, of strong, vigorous habit, perfectly hardy and slow shooting to seed. 
Variety PRICES Pkt. Oz. %4Lb. Lb. 
EGG PLANT—Black Beauty .................... $ .10 $ .30 $1.00 $3.50 
Floridaghiehwhushiic. ssc. seen Jee 10 730) 3:00) 3.50 
New York Improved Purple........ 10 30 861.00 3.50 
Mammoth Smooth Stem........... 10 30 861.00 3.50 
ENDIVE—Broad-leaved Batavian............. = 10 ak 30 =: 1.00 
ver -WhiteC@uried thee... ooo LO 15 .30 1.00 
Bull Heart@Batavian®=... >... 1.0 .ee oe 10 15 40 1.25 
Green. CaurledPyerc rn siete oases ee <L0 15 30 ~=1.00 
BENNET—Elorence. | s5geeere oe mec con sso eiasinics 10 .20 50 1.75 
KALE—Extra Curled Long Standing (10 lbs. $6.50) .10 es 25 -75 
Siberian Kale (Extra Early) (10 Ibs. $3.00) .. “ 15 35 
Spring, Smooth Leaf (10 Ibs. $2.00)..... . 10 15 25 
KOHLRABI—Early White Vienna............ or 210 25 90 §=3.00 
, LEEK—Large London Flag...................-:: 10 -20 60 = =2.00 
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Kale, Extra Curled—Long Standing 
