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removed during the day, and put back in the evening. When days 

 are cloudy and cold, the plants are kept covered. 



Iiiiprov'ed Early H^liite Spine. This is the most popular 

 variety. It is of medium size, light green, covered with white spines, 

 and turns white when ripe. The best variety for shipping. Of late 

 years it is used by most gardeners for forcing as well as outdoor 

 culture. It is very productive. 



Early Frame. Another early variety, but not so popular as 

 the foregoing kind. It is deep green in color, but turns yellow very 

 quickly ; therefore gardeners do not plant it much. 



Eoiig' Oreeii Tiirlsey. A long variety attaining a length of 

 from fifteen to eighteen inches when well grown. Very fine and pro- 

 ductive. 



Early Cluster. Early, short and prickly; it bears in clusters. 



Long Green White Spine Cucumber. 



Long^ Oreeii White Spine, or New Orleans Market. This 

 is a variety selected from an imported forcing cucumber introduced 

 by me. It is good for forcing or open ground ; very productive, keeps 

 its green color, and has few vines. This variety can not be excelled 

 for shipping, as it produces very perfect cucumbers .and but few 

 culls; the largest growers of cucumbers for shipping about here 

 plant none but this variety. It is quite different from the Long- 

 White Spine offered by some. 



\%^est India Olierkin. This is an oval variety, small in size. 

 It is used for i-ickling when young and tender. When grown to its 

 full size it can be stewed with meat. In fact, this is the only use made 

 of it about New Orleans. 



EGG-PLANT. 



Aubergine (Fr.), Eierpflanze (Ger. i, Berengena (Sp.). 



The seeds should be sown in hot-beds in the early part of January. 

 When a couple of inches high they should be transplanted into an- 

 other 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. 



Earg-e Purple, or New Orleans Market. This is the only 

 kind groAvn here ; it is large, oval in shape and of a dark purple color 

 and vert productive. Southern grown seed of this, as of a good many 



