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Thick-Leaved Dandelion. 



DANDELION. 



Lowenzahn oder Pardeblume, Ger. 

 Amarzon, Sp. 



Pissenlit, Fr. 



The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resembling En- 

 dive, and affords one of the earliest and most healthful 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. 

 Thick -Leaved, or Cabbaging - . An improved thick- 

 leaved variety. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 80 cts. 



White Curled Endive. 



ENDIVE. 



£ t^tivien, Ger. Chicoree, Fk. 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 

 slates. In three or four weeks they will be sufficiently 

 blanched. 



Improved Green Curled. Leaves finely fringed, of a 

 bright green color, tender and crisp. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts. 



ENDIVE— Continued. 



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

 curled variety, grows to a large size, always crisp and very 

 tender. The Chicory Salad of the restaurants. Pkt. 10 cts., 

 oz. 20 cts. 



Broad-Leaved Batavian. Leaves broad, light green, 

 nearly plain, used in stews and soups. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



Giant Fringed [Oyster Endive). A strong-growing vari- 

 ety with a large white heart and broad stems; the best sort 

 for decorating. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 20 cts. 



EGG=PLANT. 



Eierpflanze, Ger. Aubergine, 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 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 neces- 

 sary. Care should be observed in cutting the fruit so as not to 

 disturb the roots of the plants. 



Early Long Pnrple. The earliest and hardiest, very 



productive; fruit from 6 to 10 inches long. Pkt. 5 cts., 



oz. 25 cts. 

 New 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. 40 cts. 

 Black Bekin. Fruit purplish black, round to globular, 



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



fine flavor. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. 



EGG-PLANTS. 



(See Vegetable Plants, page 33.) 



GAREIC. 



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 harvested like the onion. Per lb. 30 cts. 



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