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Aubergine, Fr. 

 Berenoena, 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 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. 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 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. The favorite sort for show purposes. Pkt., 15 cts.; 



foz., 40cts.; oz., 75cts.; i lb., S2.00. 

 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. 



The standard variety where "Black Beauty" cannot be grown, 



because of soil conditions. Pkt., 10 cts.; 3 oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; 



i lb., $2.00. 

 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.; |oz., 35 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; i lb., $1.75. 



Endive 



Chicoeer, Fr. Endibia 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 arid 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 wiU be blanched. After a shower the boards must be 



taken off or the plants untied, to allow drying. 



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

 with wide, wavy, leaves edges of which are slightly cut and irregular 

 and broad white midribs. Inner leaves blanch nicely to a creamy- 

 white, tender, and of very agreeable flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 

 cts.; i lb., 75 cts. 



Black Beauty Egg-Pl.\nt 



Broad-leaved Batavian Endive 



412 Dreer's Giant Fringed. (See Specialties, page 5.) 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; ioz., 20cts.; oz., 30 cts.; J 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.; \ 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.; \ lb., 75 cts. 



Finnocchio, or Florence Fennel 



418 A delicious vegetable which should be more widely 

 grown. It is extensively used in Italy as a salad, but 

 is particularly palatable when served boiled, with a 

 cream dressing. When the enlargement of leaf stalk 

 at base of stem is about the size of a hen's egg it should 

 be earthed up so as to cover half of it, and in about 

 ten days cutting for use may be commenced and 

 continued as the plants grow. The flavor is some- 

 what like celery, but it has a sweet taste and delicate 

 odor. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; \ lb., $1.00. 



Dandelion 



Pissenlit, 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 5.) 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.; \ lb., $1.50. 



Plants of Egg-Plant are offered on page 212 



