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Eierpjlanze, GeR. 



EQQ=PLANT. 



Aubergine, Fr. 

 Berenge^ia, Sp. 



One ounce will produce about one thousand 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 riiay become stocky. They can be planted 

 out, from the pots, when the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or 

 June ; or they can be transplanlexl mto a second bed, to make them strong, 

 until the weather is warm enough to transplant, about 3 feet apart each 

 way, in thoroughly worked and well-enriched soil. Draw the earth up to 

 the stems when about a foot high. Egg-plant seed will not vegetate freely 

 without a strong, uniform heat, and if the plants get the least chilled in the 

 earlier stages of growth they seldom recover. Therefore, repeated sowings 

 are sometimes necessary. 



Early Black Beauty. (See colored plate and page 8.) This beautiful 

 Egg-Plant is a oreat 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 large fruits fully 

 ten days earlier than the New York Improved. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 25 

 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; \ lb., $1.25. 



New York Improved Large Purple {Dreer's Selected). (See cut.) 

 Large, round, dark purple, free of thorns, excellent and productive. 

 Pkt , 10 cts.; oz., 35 cts.; \ lb., $1.00. 



Black Pekln. Fruit purplish- 



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Impkoved Thick-leaved Dandelion. 



black, round, large, soli 

 smooth and glossy; very pro- 

 lific; early. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 

 30 cts.; i lb., 85 cts. 

 Early Long Purple. Earliest 

 and hardiest, very productive; 

 fruit 6 to 10 inches long. Pkt., 

 5 cts.; oz.,20cts.; Jib., 60 cts. 



EGG-PI.ANT 



PI.ANTS. 



(See page 47.) 



GARI^IC. 



(See page 36.) 



GOURDS. 



(See Flower Seeds, page 77.) 



HOP VINE 



ROOTS. 



(See page 47.) 



HORSERADISH. 



(See page 47.) 



Dreer's Giant Fringed Endive. 



DANDELION. 



Pa}-deblum, Ger. Pisseiilit, Fr. 

 Amargon, Sp. 

 The Dandelion is a hardy per- 

 ennial plant, resembling Endive, 

 and affords one of the earliest 

 and most beautiful spring greens 

 or salads. Sow early in spring 

 in drills 12 inches apart, and 

 thin out to 6 inches in the drills; 

 the following spring it will be fit 

 for use. 

 Broad=leaved. Pkt., 10 cts.; 



oz., 40 cts.; \ lb., SI. 25. 

 Improved Th!ck=leaved» 

 (See cut.) An improved va- 

 riety. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 40 

 cts.; \ lb., $1.25. 



ENDIVE, 



Fnditnen, GeR. Chicoree, Fr. 

 Endivia 6 Escarola, Sp. 

 One ounce of seed to 150 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 

 blanched. This is done by gathering the leaves together 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 or slats. In three or four weeks they will 

 be blanched. 



Green Curled Winter. Standard sort for fall and winter crop. Pkt., 



5 cts.; oz , 15 cts.; \ lb., 40 cts. 

 White Curled {^Self-blanching'). Leaves pale green, grows to a 



large size, always crisp and very tender. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; \ 



lb., 50 cts. 

 Broad=leaved Batavian [Escai-olle) 



nearly plain, used in stews and soups. 



40 cts. 

 Dreer's Giant Fringed. (See cut.) 



a large white heart and broad stems ; good for fall and winter, 



10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; \ lb., 75 Cts. 



New York Improved Large Purple Egg-Plant. 



Leaves broad, light green,. 

 Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 els.; \ lb., 



A strong-growing variety with 

 Pkt., 



