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Buckbee's 'Tullof Life" ~ 



EGG PLANT 



EIERPFLANZE, German; AUBERGINE, French; 

 BERENGENA, Spanish. 



The Egg Plant should be grown in every garden, 

 for it is one of the most delicious of vegetables. 

 Sliced and fried in a batter and served with raw 

 Tomatoes it can well take the place of meat in Sum- 

 mer and Fall. Did you know that Egg Plant grow- 

 ing is one of the most profitable crops. Many 

 growers clear from $200 to S500 per acre. 



Egg Plant, Extra Early Long Purple, 



Buckbee's New Early 

 Large Purple 



Better variety than New York Pur- 

 ple, early, large size and high quaUty 

 of fruit, and its extreme productive- 

 ness makes it the most profitable to 

 grow. Plants large, spreading; foli- 

 age light green. Fruit very large, 

 oval or short, pear-shaned; skin deep 

 purple; flesh nearly white. Plants 

 ripen two to six large fruits. Free 

 from spines. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 3.Sc. ; 

 2 oz. 60c.; i lb. $1.10. 



Buckbee's New White 



This variety, now offered for the 

 first time, is without a doubt the pre- 

 ferable one by far of all to grow either 

 for market, family or shipping pur- 

 poses. Produces much larger fruit 

 and is more productive than the New 

 York Purple. The flesh is more ten- 

 der and flavor more delicate than pur- 

 ple varieties. Do not confound this 

 with Old Large White or other varie- 

 ties. I control the entire stock. Pkt. 

 Sc.; oz. 35c.; 2 oz. 60c.; i lb. $1.10. 



Improved New York Purple 



Large, round or oval, of excellent 

 qualitv, highly esteemed in market. 

 Pkt. 4c. ; oz. 23C. ; 2 oz. 40c. ; i lb. 75c. 



Buckbee's New Early Large Purple Egg Plant. 



Egg Plant, New Black Beauty. 



New Black Beauty 



This recently introduced Egg Plant 

 is, we beUeve, one tha' will surely 

 please many of our customers, from 

 whom we have recently received 

 many inquiries for a black-fruited 

 Egg Plant. It is from ten davs to 

 two weeks earlier than the purpfp va- 

 rieties, and of rich, lustrous, purplish 

 black color, and is a most distinct 

 sort and a favorite where known. 

 The plants are remarkably healthy in 

 their growth, and yield an abundance 

 of large fruits. The fruit is very at- 

 tractive in appearance This variety 

 is entirely spineless The fruits are 

 of the very finest possible qualitv. 

 Pkt. Sc.; oz. 30c.; 2 oz. 55c.; i lb 

 $1.00. 



Extra Early Long Purple 



One of the earliest and most pro- 

 ductive varieties. Fruit long, dark 

 rich purple and of fine quaUty. Sure 

 to give the best of satisfaction for all 

 purposes. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 20c. ;^ oz. 

 35c.; i lb. 60c. 



Tomato Egg Plant 



A very great curiosity. Vine has 

 every appearance of an Egg Plani, 

 but bears a bright red, solid Tomato. 

 It yields as high as sixty beautiful 

 Tomatoes to a single plant. Do not 

 fail to try this magnificent wonder; 

 it is a gem. Pkt. 5c. 



FOR PLANTS send for my Special 

 Price List, ready February 1st. 



James Adams, 803 North 11th St., Nebraska City, Neb., writes: 

 We have bought seeds of you for twenty years and always find them 

 satisfactory, and "Full of Life." 



.>lrs. Wm. Cobb, R. F. D. No. 1. Birmingham, III., writes: I have 

 planted Buckbee's "Full of Life" Seeds for eight years and find they 

 are always the best. 



ENDIVE or WINTER LETTUeE 



German, ENDIVIEN; French, CHICOREE; Spanish, ENDIVIA o ESCARDLA. 



One ounce of seed will sow 150 feet of drill. 



This is one of the most refreshing of all Autumn and Winter Salads. Endive mav 

 be grown at any season of the year, but is more generally used late in the Fall. Sow 

 the seed in June or July in drills fourteen inches apart, and when well estabUshed thin 

 the plants to one foot apart. When nearly full grown tie outer leaves together over 

 the center in order to blanch the heart of the plant. By covering every few days a suc- 

 cession may be kept up. 



FINE GREEN CURLED 



Hardiest variety; the most desirable for home u.se or market garden. Deep-green 

 leaves beautifully cut and curled: easily blanched and becomes very crisp, tender and 

 very fine flavored. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 10c. ; 2 oz. 18c.; i lb. 35c.; A lb. 60c.; lb. SI. 10. 



NEW MOSS CURLED 



Very fine variety growing considerably denser and having the leaves much finer 

 cut than the Green Curled variety, in fact the whole plant is more compact. When 

 well blanched it makes a very attractive appearance. Pkt. 4c.; oz. 10c. ; 2 oz. 18c.; 

 i lb. 35c.; i lb. 60c.; lb. SI. 00." 



BATAVIAN 



Endive, Fine Green Curled. 



This is the vegetable that is known to many as Escarolle. Large heads of broad 

 thick leaves, which can be blanched as a salad or make excellent cooked greens. 

 Pkt. 4c.; oz. lOc; 2 oz. 18c.; i lb. 35c.; i lb. 60c.; per lb. $1.10. 



