(S) RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS-|1/[ 
CORN SALAD (Fetticus) 
Culture. Sow in spring in drills 1 foot apart. For winter 
and early spring use, sow in drills in August and September. 
Three ounces to 100 feet of drill. 
Large Seeded. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; }1b., 60 cts.; 
Ib., $2.00. 
Pissenlit, FR. DANDELION Amargon, Sr. 
CULTURE.—Plants usually come up small and feeble. Sow 
seed in good clean loam, in drills one foot apart, and thin or 
transplant to 10 or 12inches apart in the rows. May be 
blanched by covering with leaves or other loose litter. 
One ounce to 100 feet of row. 
Broad-leaved. Pkt., 20 cts.; oz., $1.10; } lb., 
$4.00. 
Improved Thick=-leaved. An improved variety. 
Pkt., 20 cts.; oz., $1.10; $ 1b., $4.00 
Chicore, FR. EN D IVE Endibia o 
fiscarola, SP, 
Endive is one of the best and most wholesome 
salads for fall and winter use. Sow in shallow drills 
in April for early use or for late use in June and July. 
When 2 or 3 inches high transplant into good ground 
or thin out to 1 foot apart. When nearly full grown 
and before they are fit for the table they must be 
bleached. This is done by gathering the leaves to- 
gether and tying with yarn or bass to exclude the 
light and air from the inner leaves, which must be 
done when quite dry, or they will rot. Another 
method is to cover the plants with boards ory slats. 
One ounce of seed to 300 feet of row. 
Dreer’s Giant Fringed. (Seecut.) A strong- 
growing variety with large white heart and broad 
stems. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 25 cts.; $ lb., 75 cts. 
Green Curled Winter. Standard sort for fall and 
winter. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 41b., 50 cts. 
White Curled (Self-blanching). Leaves pale 
green; grows to a large size, always crisp and very 
tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; + 1b., 50 cts. 
Broad -leaved Batavian (Zscaroile). Leaves 
broad, light green, nearly plain; used in stews and 
soups. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts. 
French Endive. See Witloof Chicory, page 5. 
EGG=PLANT 
Berengena, SP. 
One ounce will produce 1,000 to 2,000 plants 
CULTURE. — Sow the seeds in hotbeds, early in March. 
When 3 inches high, pot the young plants, using small pots, 
and plunge them in the same bed, so that the plants may be- 
come stocky. They can be planted out from the pots when 
the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or June. Egg- 
plant seed requires a higher temperature for germination than 
other garden vegetables, and this temperature should be main- 
tained right along in order to maintain strong and healthy 
growth. The soil can hardly be made too rich. After settled 
warm weather has set in, set the plants in open ground, allow- 
ing 3 feet space between the rows, and 2 feet space between 
ihe plants in the row. Watch for the potato beetle. This pest, 
as well as blight, may be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux 
Arsenate of lead Mixture. 
Early Black Beauty. (See cut.) Spineless and rich 
purplish black skin; very attractive and of best quality. This 
beautiful Egg-Plant is a great improvement over the well- 
known and largely grown New York Improved Large 
Purple. The plants are remarkably healthy in their growth 
and produce an abundance of Jarge fruit, earlier than the 
New York Improved. Pkt., 10 cts.; 4 oz., 45 cts.; oz., 80 
cts.; 4 Ib., $2.25. For.plants see page 210. 
New York Improved Large Purple. This variety is 
largely grown and produces the Egg-Plants in great quan- 
tities, as the plants bear from 6 to 8 fruits each. They are 
large, nearly round, dark purple, free of thorns and of ex- 
cellent quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 70 cts.; } lb., $2.00, 
Early Long Purple. Earliest, hardiest and very productive. 
The fruits are long and of good quality, measure 6 to 10 
inches long and best for very early use. Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 
70 cts.; $ lb., $2.00. 
Black Pekin. Fruit-purplish black, round, large, solid, 
smooth and glossy; very prolific and early and of fine flavor. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 70 cts.;4 lb., $2.00. 
EGG PLANT PLANTS (See page 210). 
FINOCCHIO, or FLORENCE FEN- 
NEL, (See Specialties page 7). 
GARLIC (See page 33). 
HOP VINE ROOTS (See page 210). 
HORSERADISH (Sec page 210). 
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