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Large Purple or New Orleans Market, This is the 

 only kiud grown here; it is large, oval in shape, and of a dark 

 purple color, and very productive. Southern grown seed of this, 



Large Parple Egg-plaut. 

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

 preferable to l^Torthern seed, as it will germinate more readily, 

 and the plant will last longer <luring the hot season. 



ENDIVE. 



Chicorke (Fr.), Enuivkn (Ger.), Enuibia (Sp.) 



A salad plant which is very poj3ular and much culiivated 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 broad cast tlsinly 

 and transplanteil the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are 

 large enough, say about eight inches l«»ng, tie them up for blanch- 

 ing, to make them fit for the table. This can only be done in dry 

 weather, otherwise th<- leaves are apt to rot. For summer use do 

 not sow before the end of March, as, if sown sooner, the plants 

 wid run into seed very 

 earlj^ Sow for a succes- 

 sion during the spring 

 and summer months . 

 For winter use soav in 

 September and October. 



O-reen Curled, is 

 the most desirable kind, 

 as it bears more heat 

 than the following sort, 

 and the favorite market 



variety. Green Curled Endive. 



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-leaved or Escarolle, makes a fine salad when 

 well grown and blanched, especially for summer. 



