EGG PLANT 



1 ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 



Sow in March in hotbeds, and transplant when 2 inches hig^h 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 

 eoltare is quite as important as good seed. Work the ground deep, make it rich 

 with well-rotted manure and hoe often. 



BlaCK Beauty The most beautiful and earliest of all large Egg Plants. 



Flnridn ffinh Rll<ih ^^^ vigorous and productive; of upright growth 

 rwriUU aiyn OUSn folding the fruit well off the ground; color light 

 purple of oblong shape. 



New Hampshire Hybrid ^^.^^iriti^r^lv'/i!. ff^'V?'*""^^ -^.^p^J- 



•^ '' ment station developed this variety by 



hybridizing Black Beauty and Early Dwarf Purple for the purpose of obtaining 

 an extra early, yet good size, Black Beauty type. The resulting hybrid won the 

 All American Silver Medal 1939. It is nearly as large as Black Beauty, very 

 uniform and yields a heavy crop of extra early fruits. 



Black Beauty Egg Plant 



CHIVES 



DANDELION 



Chives are a small hardy perennial plant, resembling the 

 onion in appearance and growing in clusters. They are 

 grown for the young leaves, which are produced freely from 

 early in the spring and give a mild onion flavor to sausage, 

 salads and various dishes. 



CORN SALAD 



1 ounce will sow 20 square feet: 6 pounds to the acre. 



Ackersalad '^"'K* seeded Dutch. A vegetable used as 

 a salad. It is sown in the opening of 

 spring in rows 1 foot apart, and is fit to use in 6 or 8 weeks 

 from sowing. If wanted in early spring, sow in September; 

 cover with straw as soon as cold weather sets in. Can be 

 grown in cold frames, covered with straw mats or shutters, 

 and used any time during the winter. 



Arlington Strain p^ best market gard 



if " " •' forming a tuft of larj 



thick-leaved plants, white-ribbed. 



en strain, 

 large, stocky, 



ENDIVE 



1 ounce to 100 feet of drill, 3 pounds to the acre. 



Ever White Curled P^«"*^ moderately dense; leaves 



coarser than those of the Green 

 Curled, but the mid-rib is yellow and the leaves almost white. 



Broad-leaved Batavian (Escarolle) Leaves broad 



and almost plain; color 

 light green. 



Full Heart Batavian (Escarolle) J?d|iy'"usld 



variety of Endive; an improved Broad Leaved Batavian with 

 thicker and broader heads; matures slightly earlier, requir- 

 ing only 90 days from sowing of seed to heading. 



Green Curled '^^'^ '^ *^^ hardiest variety, and very 

 desirable for the home and market gar- 

 den. The deep green leaves are beautifully cut and curled, 

 easily blanched, and become very crisp, tender and fine- 

 flavored. 



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 IVi 

 inches wide, the plants should be hilled up to about half 

 their height. 



Endive — Full Heart 



PRICES 

 Variety Pkt. 



CHIVES .10 



CORN SALAD 



Ackersalad 10 



DANDELION 



Arlington Strain 10 



Italian (Ciccoria Catalogna) . . . .10 



EGG PLANT 



Black Beauty 10 



Florida High Bush .10 



Long Italian 10 



New Hampshire Hybrid 10 



ENDIVE 



Broad-leaved Batavian 10 



Ever White Curled 10 



Full Heart Batavian 10 



Green Curled 10 



FENNEL 

 Florence 



Oz. 

 .35 



^Lb. 

 1.10 



Lb. 

 4.00 



.35 



1.15 



3.50 



.35 

 .35 



1.35 

 1.25 



4.50 

 4.00 



.30 

 .30 

 .30 

 .35 



1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.25 



3.50 

 3.50 

 3.50 



4.50 



.15 

 .15 

 .15 

 .15 



.30 

 .30 

 M 

 .30 



1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 

 1.00 



.20 



.65 2.25 



18 



J. MANNS & CO., Baltimore, Md. 



Superior Seeds 



