For the Southern States. 



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Improved Early White Spine. 



This is the most popular variety. It 

 is of medium size, 

 light greeuj covered 

 T 1 T7 1 wr,-^ a 4«o with white spiues, 



Improved Early White Spine. , , i -j. ' 



^ J r ^^^ turns white 



when ripe. The best variety for shipping. Of 



late years it is used by most gardeners for 



forcing as well as out-door 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. 



Long' Green Turkey. A long variety, 



attaining a length of from fifteen to eighteen 



inches when well groAvn. Very fine and pro- 

 ductive. 



Early Cluster. Early, 

 prickly, and bears in clusters. 



Early Frame. 



short and 



Early Cluster. West India Gherkin. 



• Long Green White Spine. This is a variety selected 

 from an imported forcing cucumber. It is good for forcing or 

 open ground; very productive, keeps its green color, and has 

 few vines. A limited supply offered for the first time. 



West India Gherkin. This is an oval variety, small in 

 size. It is used for pickling 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 (Ft.); Eiekpflanze (Ger.), Bekengena (Sp.) 



The seed should be sown in hot-beds in the early part of 

 January. When a couple of inches high they should be trans- 

 planted 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 balf 

 feet apart. This vegetable is very popular in the South, and 

 extensively cultivated. 



