Dreer's Reliable VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Endive 



One ounce of seed 

 to 200 feet of row. 



Chicoree, Fr. 

 Indivia, Ital. 

 Endibia o Escarola, Sp. 

 Endivie,G'Eii. 



Culture— Endive is one of the best and most wholesome 

 salads for fall and winter use. Sow in shallow drills in April, or 

 for late use in June or July. Transplant or thin to stand 1 foot 

 apart when 2 to 3 inches high. When nearly fuU-grown tie the 

 leaves together with yam or raffia to exclude the light so that the 

 heart will become well blanched. This requires 3 to 4 weeks. Or 

 place boards over the plants to blanch them. 



412 Dreer's Giant Fringed Endive 



This Endive is highly esteemed for table use because of its 

 appetizing flavor and wholesomeness. In some sections it can 

 be grown all the year round. It is a vigorous variety with a 

 large white heart and broad stems, good for fall and winter. 

 On account of the beautifully curled and finely cut leaves it is 

 used freely for garnishing as well as making a dehcious salad. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; \ lb. 65c. 



410 Broad-Leaved Batavian {Escarolh). A favorite salad 

 variety with wide, wavy leaves and cut, irregular edges. Inner 

 leaves blanch nicely to a creamy white. Tender and of very 

 agreeable flavor after blanching. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; j lb. 6Sc. 



411 Pull Heart Batavian. This is a most desirable new 

 ■^strain of the Batavian Endive. It has all the good qualities of 



its parent but the heart is composed of a greatly increased 

 number of leaves which will blanch to a beautiful creamy white. 

 The mild and pleasantly bitter flavor gives it great zest. 

 Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; \ lb. 65c. 



414 Green Curled Winter. A standard sort for fall and 

 winter crop. Very hardy and vigorous. Easy to blanch to a 

 beautiful creamy white. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 5 lb. SOc. 



416 White Curled {Self-Blanching). Plants 14 to 16 inchies 

 across; leaves pale green, finely cut, crisp, and very tender. 

 Almost white when blanched for use. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; \ lb. 65c. 



Finnochio 



Florence Fennel 



418 This should be grown 

 more widely as a salad or to be 

 served boiled with a cream 

 dressing. Earth up the 

 thick base half-way when it 

 has reached the size of a 

 hen's egg. Pkt. lOc; oz. 35c; 

 i lb. 75c 



Egg Plant 



One ounce will produce 

 about 1000 plants. 



Aubergine, Fr. 

 Berenjena, Sp. 

 Petonciano, Ital. 

 Eierfrucht, Ger. 



Culture— Egg Plant seed and seedlings require a higher tem- 

 perature than most other vegetables. Sow the seed in hotbeds 

 early in March. When 3 inches high, pot the young plants, and 

 plunge in the same bed so that the plants may become stocky. 

 Plant out in the open ground when the season becomes sufficiently 

 warm in May or June, allowing 3 feet between the rows and 2 feet 

 between the plants in the row. 



Finnochio 



Early Black Beauty Egg Plant 



404 Early Black Beauty. Beautiful rich purphsh black 

 fruits which are not only very attractive but also of best quality. 

 This beautiful spineless Egg Plant is exacting in its call for rich, 

 warm soil. The plants are remarkably vigorous and produce an 

 abundance of large fruits earlier than the New York Improved. 

 Pkt. 15c; 3 oz. 35c; oz. 60c; i lb. $1.75. 



407 New York Improved Large Purple. Produces fruits 

 in great quantities, the plants averaging from 4 to 6 fruits each. 

 They are large, nearly round, dark purple, free of thorns, and of 

 excellent quality. Pkt. lOc; | oz. 25c; oz. 4Sc; i lb. S1.25. 



406 Early Long Purple. Earliest, hardiest, and very pro- 

 ductive. The club-shaped fruits are about 7 inches long by 2 J 

 inches thick and they are best for very early use. In the opinion 

 of many the flavor is even finer than that of the two large sorts 

 offered above. Pkt. 10c; J oz. 35c; oz. 60c; { lb. $1.75. 



Dandelion 



PisseTtlit, Fr. Petonciajio, It.\l. Amargon, Sp. 



Loeu'enzahn, Ger. 



401 Broad-Leaved. Large bushy plants with broad suc- 

 culent leaves of an appetizing, slightly bitter flavor. Whole- 

 some and nutritious being rich in iron. One ounce to 100 feet 

 of drill. Pkt. 15c; J oz. 35c; oz. 60c; i lb. $2.00. 



1DDTH nnniVERSRRY OFFER 



5105 High Quality Salad Assortment 



Loose-Leaf Lettuce Value 



One pkt. Head Lettuce 40c 



each Full Heart Batavian Endive for 



Early Fortune Cucumber 25c. 



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