R. & J. FARQUHAR & CO., BOSTON. VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



Broad-leaved Batavian Endive or Escarolle. 



DANDELION. Amargon. Loivenzahn. 

 Used as early spring greens and considered very liealthful. The seed should be sowti in May or June, in drills half an inch 



deep and 15 inches apart. 

 suffirient for 200 leef of drill. 



Improved Large-Leaved. 



The crop will be 

 The finest variety 



ready for use next spring. 



A moist, heavy soil is preferable 

 Pkt., .10; oz 



One ounce of seed is 



50; Jib., 1.75; lb., 6.00 

 Eierpjlanze. 



New York Improved Egg Plant. 



home-grown .seed 



EGG PLANT. Berengena. 

 For perfection of growth, a very rich soil, plenty of moisture, and w'arm weather 

 are required, wuth the addition of frequent hoeing. Sow in a gentle heat about the 

 first of April. Transplant about the middle of June, setting the plants 3 feet apart 

 eacli way. One ounce gives about 1,500 plants. 



Black Beauty. A valuable variety, ready for use two weeks earlier than any other 

 sort. The fruit is thick and of a rich purplish black color, 



Pkt., .10; oz., .40; \ lb., 1.25; lb., 4.00 

 Black Pekin. ^'erJ' large, globular fruit, of a dark, glossy purjjle color, 



Pkt., .10; oz., .50; \ lb., 1.50; lb., 5.00 



New York Improved. The most popular main crop variety; the fruit being the 



largest and handsomest of all. It is very solid and of rich sliining deep purple 



color 'Pkt., .10; oz., .40; i lb., 1.25; lb., 3.75 



Egg Plants. Black Pekin, New York Improved. Ready in June, 



.75 per dozen ; 5.00 per 100 



ENDIVE. E scar ola o End i via. Endivien. 

 One of our best .salad plants, especially v-aluable for winter use. For a first crop, 

 sow about the middle of April; for succession, small sowings may be made every month 

 until August, when the main planting is made. Set out the plants 1 foot apart, in 

 rows 3 feet distant, and wlien well grown effect blanching by folding the leaves in 

 their natural position around the heart, and tying the outer leaves together by their 

 tips in cone form. One ounce of seed for 75 feet of drill. 

 Green Curled. Hardy, finely curled; easily blanched; one of the best, 



Pkt., .05; oz., .15; i lb., .50; lb., 1.50 

 French Moss-Curled. Very finely curled, with close, dense leaves, 



Pkt., .05; oz., .20; i lb., .60; lb., 2.00 

 White Curled. Blanches rapidly; excellent, and very tender, 



Pkt., .05; oz., .15; i lb., .50; lb., 1.50 

 Broad-Leaved Batavian. Escarolle. Leaves long and broad, thick and succu- 

 lent. One of the choicest salads . . . Pkt., .10; oz., .20; i lb., .50; lb., 1.50 



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