FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 45 
Large Purple Egg-Plant. 
EGG-PLANT. 
AUBERGINE (Fr.), ETERPFLANZE (Ger.), BERENGENA (Sp.). 
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. 
Large Purple, or New Orleans 
Market. This is the only kind grown 
here; it is large, oval in shape and ofa 
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 
This-vegetable is very popular in the South, and extensively cultivated. 
readily, and the plant will last longer 
during the hot season. 
Early Dwarf Ovai. 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. 
ENDIVE. 
CHICOREE (Fr.), ENDIVIEN (Ger.), Enpipia (Sp.). 
A salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the market, prin- 
cipally for summer use. 
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 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, the plants will run into 
seed very early. Sow for a succession 
during the spring and summer 
months. For winter use sow in Sep- 
tember and October. 
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- 
Green Curled Endive. 
