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Large Parple Eggplant. 



as of a good many other tropical or sub-tropical vegetables, is 

 preferable to Northern seed, as it will germinate more readily, 

 and the plant will lasc longer during the hot season. 



ENDIVE. 



Chicoree (Fr.), Exdiven (Ger.), Exdibia (Sp.) 



K; a salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for 

 the market, piincipally 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-cnst thinly 

 and transplanted the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are 

 large enough, say about eight inches long, tie them up for blanch- 

 ing, to make them tit for the 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, tie plants 

 will run into seed very 

 early. Sow for a succes- 

 sion during the spring 

 and summer months. 

 For winter use sow in 

 September and October. 

 Green Ciuled, is 

 the most desirable kind, 

 as it bears more heat 

 than the following sort, 

 and the favorite market 



variety. Green Curled Endive 



Extra Fine Cnrlecl, 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-leaved or Escarolle, makes a fine salad when 

 well grown and blanched, especially for summer. 



