48 RICHARD FROTSCHER’S ALMANAC AND GARDEN MANUAL 
seed four weeks before we expect the 
last frost in the spring. 
practical idea of how to do anything 
that we have little or no previous knowl- 
I have written this plainly, and de- 
scribed my practice so minutely, because 
I know from experience how hard it 
sometimes is to get from books, etc., a 
EGG-PLANT. 
AUBERGINE (Fr.), EIERPFLANZE (Ger.), BERENGENA (Sp.). 
edge of. 
Yours very respectfully, 
Wm. NELSON. 
The seed should be sown in hot-beds in the early part of January. Whena 
couple of inches high they should be transplanted into another frame, so that the 
plants may become strong and robust. When warm enough, generally during 
March, the plants can be placed in the open ground, about two and a half feet 
apart. This vegetable is very popular in the South, and extensively cultivated. 
Lav 
Large Purple Egg-Plant. 
Large Purple, or New Orieans 
Market. This is the only kind grown 
here; it is large, oval in shape and of a 
dark purple color and very productive. 
Southern grown seed of this, as of a 
good many other tropical or sub-trop- 
ical vegetables, it is preferable to North- | 
ern seed, as it will germinate more 
ENDIVE. 
CHICOREE (Fr.), ENDIVIEN (Ger.), Enpisia (Sp.). 
A salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the inarket, prin- 
cipally for summer use. It can be sown in drills a foot apart, and, when the plants 
are well up, thinned out till about eight inches apart. Or it can be sown broad- 
cast thinly and transplanted the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are large 
enough, say about eight inches long, tie them up for blanching, to make them fit 
forthe table. This can only be done in dry weather, otherwise the leaves are apt 
‘to rot. For summer use do not sow before the end of March, as if sown sooner, the 
plants will run into seed very early. Sow for a succession during the spring and 
summer months. For winter use sow in September and October. 
readily, and the plant will last longer 
during the hot season. 
Early Dwarf Oval. This variety 
is very early and productive; the fruit is 
not so large as the New Orleans Egg- 
Plant, but equal in flavor. For market 
it will not sell as well as the former; 
desirable for family garden. 
