5 RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS |] 
Ki ae EGG-=-P d AN’ I 8 Aubergine, FR. 
il a ; re © 6Berengena, 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 may 
become stocky. They can be planted out from 
the pots when the season becomes sufnciently 
warm, in May or June; or they can be trans- 
planted 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 necessary. 
Early Black Beauty (See cut). This beau- 
tiful Egg-Plant is a great improvement over 
the well-known and largely grown New York 
Improved Large Purple. The plants are re- 
markably healthy in their growth, and produce 
an abundance of large fruit fully ten days 
earlier than the New York Improved. Pkt., 
10 cts.; 4 0z., 25 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; $ Ib., $1.25. 
New York Improved Large Purple 
(Dreer’s Selected). Large, round, dark pur- 
ple, free of thorns, excellent and productive. 
Pkt., 10 cts; 0z., 385 cts.; + 1lb., $1.60. 
Early Long Purple.  LEarliest and hardiest, 
very productive; fruit 6 to 10 inches long. ; Sees 
Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; $ 1b., 60 cts. 5 
Black Pekin. Fruit purplish-black, round, large, solid, | Pavdeblum, Grr. DANDELION. Pissenlit, FR, 
smooth and glossy; very prolific; early. Pkt., 5 cts. oz., Amargon, SP. 
SOlcts72 oS eck: Broad-leaved. Pkt., 10 cts; 0z., 40 cts; 4 Ib., $1.25. 
EGG-PLANT PLANTS (Sec page 39). Improved Thick-leaved, An improved variety. Pkt, 
10 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; 4 1lb., $1.25. 
GARLIC. (See page 39.) ENDIVE 
GOURDS. (See Flower Seeds, page 78). ‘ 
Endivien, GER. Chicoree, Fr. Endivia 6 Escarola, SP. 
One ounce of seed to 150 feet of row. 
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| 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 _ be- 
fore they are fit for the table, they must be bleached. 
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.; 0z., 15 cts.; + 1b., 40 cts. 
White Curled (Se// blanching). Leaves pale green, 
grows to a large size, always crisp and very tender. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 20 cts.; } Ib., 50 cts. 
| Broad-leaved Batavian (Zscarolle), Leaves broad, 
light green, nearly plain, used in stews and soups. 
Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 15 cts.; } lb., 40 cts. 
Dreer’s Giant Fringed. (See cut.) A strong, 
growing variety with a large white heart and broad 
stems; good for fall and winter, Pkt., 10 cts.; 0z., 
25 cts.; $ lb., 75 cts. 
HOP VINE ROOTS. 
(See page 39.) 
HORSERADISH. 
(See page 39.) 
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