40 EiCHAKD Feotscher's Almanac and Garden Manual 



Large Purple Eggglant. 



EGGPLANT. 



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

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

 When a 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. This vegetable is very popular 

 in th§ South, and extensively cultivated. 



L<arg:e FeirpBe or New Orleans Market. This is the only kind 

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

 very productive. Southern grown seed of this, 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 last longer during the 

 hot season. 



ENDIVE. 

 Chicoree, (Fr.) Endiven, (Ger.) Endibia, (Sp.) 

 A salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the 

 market, principally for summer use. It can be sown in drills a foot 

 apart and when the plants are well ux) thinned out till about eight 

 inches apart. Or it can be sown broad-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 succes- 

 sion during the spring and 

 summer months. For win- 

 ter use sow in September 

 and October. 



Greeo Curled, is the 

 most desirable kind, as it 

 bears more heat than the 

 following sort, and is the 

 favorite market variety. 



Green Curled Endive. 



