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Berengena, Sp. IliVJlCjI-.r LANX 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 

 p anted 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 controUed 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 an 



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.; § oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; J lb., $2.00. 

 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. Pkt., 10 cts.; J oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; \ 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 o 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 mto 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 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. After a shower the boards 

 must be taken off or the plants untied, to allow drying. 

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

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

 leaves blanch nicely to a creamy-white, tender, and of very agreeable 

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



flavor. 



Broad-leaved Batavian Endive 



Black Beauty Egg-Plant 



412 Dreer's Giant Fringed. (See Specialties, page 6). 

 Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 20 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; | 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. Loeivenzahn, 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 6). Pkt., 

 15 cts.; \ oz., 60 cts.; oz., S1.00; \ 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 



