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FOR THE VEGETABLE. GARDEN. 



• ENDIVE. 



Endivien, Ger. Chicoree, Fr. Endivia 6 Escarola, Sp. 



One ounce of seed to Z50 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 S inches high 

 transplant into j;ood 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 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 or slates. In three or four weeks they will be suffi- 

 ciently blanched. 





White Curled Endive. 



Improved Green Curled. Leaves finely fringed, of a 

 bright green color, tender and crisp. 



Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts., \ lb. 50 cts., lb. §1.75. 

 White Curled (Self-blanching). This is the finest white 

 curled variet)', grows to a large size, alwavs crisp and very 

 tender. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., \ lb. 60 cts., lb. §2.00. 

 Broad-Leaved Batavian. Leaves broad, light green, 

 nearly plain, used in stews and soups. 



Pkt. cts., oz. 20 cts., \ lb. 50 cts., lb. §1.75. 



Giant Fringed Endi\^. 



Oiant Fring'ed (Oyster Endive). A strong-growing 



ety with a large white heart and broad stems ; the 

 sort for decorating. 



Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 25 cts., \ lb. 60 cts., lb. §2.00. 



van- 

 best 



New York Improved Egg-Plant. 



EGG-PLANT. 



Eierpjlanze, Ger. Aitbergine, Fr. Berengena, Sp. 

 One ounce will produce about one thousand plants. 



Sow the seed in hot-beds 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; or they can be transplanted 

 into 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 their stems when about a foot high. Egg-plant seed will 

 not vegetate freely without a strong unifoiTn heat, and if the 

 plants get the least chilled in the earlier stages of growth they 

 seldom recover. Therefore repeated sowings are sometimes 

 necessary. Care should be observed in cutting the fiuit so as 

 not to disturb the roots of the plants. 

 Early LiOUg' Purple. The earliest and hardiest, very 



productive ; fruit from 6 to 10 inches long. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts., \ lb. SL25. 

 Jfe^v York Improved Large Purple. The leading 



market variety ; large, round, dark purple, free of thorns, 



excellent and the most productive variety. 



Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts , \ lb. §1.50. 

 Black: Pekin. Fruit purplish black, round to globular, 



large, solid, smooth and glossy, very prolific, early, and of 



fine flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts., \ lb. §1.50. 



EGG-PLANTS. 



(^See Vegetable Plants, page j/.) 



GARI^IC. 



Used in cooking for flavoring purposes, it is more pungent 

 than the onion. It is propagated by detaching the cloves or 

 sets and planting them in rows 1 foot apart and 6 inches asun- 

 der. As soon as the leaves turn the crop is matured, and may 

 be har\'ested like the onion. Per lb. 30 cts. 



ICE PEANT. 



Succulent, fleshy stems covered with crj'stalline icy globules, 

 brilliant in the sunshine. It is much grown in English gardens 

 for garnishing purposes, and is also used as a vegetable, boiled 

 like Spinach. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



