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Aubergine, Fr. 

 Berengena, Sp. 



EGG-PLANT 



Eierpflanze, Ger. 



One ounce will produce 1,000 to 2,000 plants. 



CULTURE — Egg Plant seed requires a higher temperature for germination than any other vegetables, and this temperature should 

 be maintained right along in order to maintain strong and healthy growth. 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 become stocky. They can be 

 planted out from the pots when the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or June. The soil can hardly be made too rich. Set the 

 plants in open ground, allowing 3 feet space between the rows, and 2 feet space between the plants in the row. Watc|i for the potato 

 beetle. This pest, as well as blight, may be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead Mixture or by dusting the plants with 

 Slug Shot. 



Early Black Beauty. (See cut.) Spineless, with 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, but more exacting than that standard, in calling 

 for rich, warm soil. The plants are remarkably healthy in 

 their growth and produce an abundance of large fruit, earlier 

 than the New York Improved. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 40 cts.; 

 oz., 75 cts,; \ lb., $2.00. 

 New York Improved Large Purple. Produces the fruits 

 in great quantities, plants averaging frem 6 to 8 fruits each. 

 They are large, nearly round, dark purple, free of thorns and 

 of excellent quality. The standard variety where "Black 

 Beauty" cannot be grown, because of soil conditions. Pkt., 

 10 cts.; \ oz.. 40 cts.; oz., 75 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.; oz., 

 60 cts.; \\h., $1.75. 



EGG PLANT PLANTS (See page 212.) 

 DANDELION 



Pisscnlit, Fr. Locivcnzahn, Ger. Amargon, Sp. 

 One ounce to 100 feet of row. 



Culture — Plants usually come up srnall and feebly. Sow 

 seed in good clean loam, in drills 1 foot apart, and thin or trans- 

 plant to 10 or 12 inches apart in the rows. May be blanched by 

 covering with leaves or other loose litter, or by placing a large 

 inverted flower pot over each plant. 

 Broad-leaved. Pkt., 20 cts.; oz. $1.00; i lb., $3.50. 

 Improved Thick-leaved. An improved variety. Pkt., 20 



cts.; oz., $1.00; \ lb., $3.50. 



FINOCCHIO, or FLORENCE FEN- 



NEL. (See Specialties, page 6.) 

 GARLIC (See page 35.) 

 HOP VINE ROOTS (See page 212.) 

 HORSERADISH (See page 212. 



ENDIVE 



Chicorec, Fr. Endibia Escarola, SP. Endivie, GER. 



One ounce of seed to 300 feet of row. 



Endive is one of the best and most wholesome salads for fall 

 and winter use. Sow in shallow driUs in April for early use or 

 for late use in June or 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 together and tying with yarn 

 or raffia 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 or slats. In three or four weeks 

 they will be blanched. After a shower the 

 boards must be taken off or the plants 

 untied, to allow drying. 



Dreer's Giant Fringed.. A strong-grow- 

 ing variety with a large white heart and 

 broad stems; good for fall and winter. On 

 account of the beautifully curled leaves 

 this variety is used freely for garnishing 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; i lb., 75 cts. 



Green Curled Winter. Standard sort for 

 fall and winter crop. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 

 20 cts.; i lb., 50 cts. 



White Curled {Self -blanching). Leaves 

 pale green, grows to a large size, crisp and 

 very tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; 

 i lb., 50 cts. 



Broad-leaved Batavian (Escarolk) . 

 Leaves broad, light green, nearly plain. 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; i lb., 50 cts. 



French Endive. 



page 21. 



See Witloof Chicory, 



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J.iNy uf Greens and Salads^ — LucuUus Swiss Chard, top to left; Dreer's All-Heart 

 Lettuce; Dreer's Giant Fringed Endive, properly blanched, in foreground. 



