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Early Dwarf Oval. This variety is 

 very early and productive; the Iruit 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. 



The New York Market. Is rounder 



in shape than the New Orleans; has spines 

 on leaves and stems; not every popular 

 here. Shippers and gardeners always give 

 the New Orleans Market variety the pre- 

 ference. 



IfSLTge Purple, or New Orleans 



Market- This is the only kind grown 

 here for our market as well as shipping, it 

 is large, oval in shape and of a dark purple 

 color and very productive. Southern grown 

 seed of this, as a good many tropical or sub- 

 tropical vegetables, is preferable to North- 

 ern seed, as it will germinate more readily, 

 and the plant will last longer during the 

 hot season. It is the best variety for ship- 

 ping, superior to the Northern raised kinds. 

 It carries better. The cut is made from 

 three ordinary specimens and represents the 

 true form. 



ENDIVE. 



Ghicoree [Fr.], Endivien [Ger.], Endibia [Sp.], Endivia [Ital.] 



A salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the market, principally 

 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 broadcast thinly and trans- 

 planted the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are large enough, say about eight inches 

 long, tie them up for blanching, to make them fit for 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 suc- 

 cession during the spring and summer months. For winter use sow in September and 

 October. 



Green Curled Endive. 



Green Curled. Is the most desirable 

 kind, as it stands more heat than the fol- 

 lowing sort, and is the favorite market va- 

 riety. 



Extra Fine Curled. Does not grow 

 quite so large as the foregoing, and is more 

 apt to decay when there is a wet summer. 

 Better adapted for winter. 



Broad-I/eaved, or EscaroUe. Makes 

 a fine salad when well grown and blanched, 

 especially for summer. 



GARI^IC. 



L'Aii. [Fr.], Knoblauch [Ger 



Garlic. There is more Garlic grown in 

 Louisiana than in any other State, or in all 

 States together. It is a staple product of 

 the lower parishes, and is raised for home 

 consumption and shipping. It is used for 

 flavoring stews, roasts and various other 

 dishes. People from the South of Europe 

 use much more than the inhabitants of the 

 United States. It should be planted in Oc- 

 tober and Novem1)er. in drills two to three 

 feet apart, about six inches in the drills and 



.], Ajo, [Sp.], AGr.10 [Ital.] 



one inch deep. The distance between the 

 rows depend upon the mode of cultivation; 

 if planted in the garden, a foot between the 

 rows is sufficient It is cultivated like On - 

 ions; in the spring they are taken up and 

 platted together in a string b}' the tops, 

 One of these strings contains from 50 to 

 60 heads in double rows; they are then 

 stored or rather hung up in a dry, airy place, 

 and will keep from 6 to 8 months. 



It is our determination to sell only such Seeds as have increased our 

 business to its present large proportions. 



