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RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEM 



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Aubergine, Fr. 

 Berengena, Sp. 



EGG PLANT 



Eierpflanze, Ger. 



One ounce will produce about 1000 plants 



CULTURE— Egg Plant seed requires a higher temperature for germination than any other vegetable, 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 stock}'. 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. Watch 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. 

 404 Early Black Beauty. Spineless, with rich purplish black skin: 



very attractive and of best quality. This beautiful Egg Plant is an 



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. The favorite sort for show purposes. Pkt., 



15 cts.; i oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; J lb., $2.00. 

 407 New York Improved Large Purple. Produces the fruits in 



great quantities, plants averaging from 4 to 6 fruits each. They are 



large, nearly round, dark purple, free of thorns and of excellent quality. 



Pkt., 10 cts.; i oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; i lb., S2.00. 

 406 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. Flavor is probably finer than the two large 



sorts offered above. Pkt., 10 cts.; 5 oz., 35 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; i lb., SI. 75. 



ENDIVE 



Chicoeer, Fr. Endibia o Escarola, Sp. Endivie, Ger. 



One ounce of seed to 200 feet of row. 



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 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. 



410 Broad-leaved Batavian (Escarolle). A favorite salad variety, with 



wide, wavy leaves edges of which are cut and irregular. Inner leaves 



blanch nicely to a creamy-white, tender, and of very agreeable flavor. 



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



Broad-leaved Batavian Endive 



Black Beauty Egg Plant 



412 Dreer's Giant Fringed. A strong growing 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., 20 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; i lb., 85 cts. 



414 Green Curled Winter. Standard sort for fall and 

 winter crop. Very hardy and vigorous. Easy to 

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



416 White Curled (Self-blanching). Plants 14 to 16 

 inches across, leaves pale green, finely cut, crisp and 

 very tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; j lb., 75 cts. 



418 Finocchio, or Florence Fen- 

 nel. . (See Specialties, page 6.) 



French Endive. (See Witloof Chicory, page 6). 



Garlic (Seepage 33.) 



Dandelion 



Pisse?ilit, Fr. Amargon, Sp. Loewenzahn, Ger. 

 One ounce to 100 feet of row. 

 Culture — Sow seed in good clean loam, in drills 1 

 foot apart, and thin to 10 or 12 inches apart in the rows. 



401 Broad-leaved. (See Specialties, page 6). Pkt., 

 15 cts.; \ oz., 60 cts.; oz., §1.00; \ lb., $3.00. 



402 Common. Yields an abundant supply of large 

 succulent leaves. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 

 cts.; Jib., $1.50. 



Plants of Egg Plant are offered on page 212 



