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WM. C. BECKERT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



EGG PLANT. 



(Eierpflanze.) 



Sow the 

 seed in hot- 

 beds, early in 

 March. When 

 three 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 

 Mew York Egg Plant. becomes suffi- 



cientlj' 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 three feet apart each way. 

 In thoroughly worked and well-enriched soil. Draw the earth 

 up to their 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 sowing is some- 

 times necessary. Care should be observed in cutting the 

 fruit'so as not to disturb the plants. 



-•i^^One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 



j/ New York Improved. The leading variety grown by 

 market men; large in size and deep purple in color, smooth 

 and free of thorns; flesh white and of excellent qualitv; very 

 prolific. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 



Black Pekin. Nearly round in shape. Fruit large in size. 

 Glossy and smooth and jet black in color. Flesh white, fine 

 grained and delicate in flavor. It is very prolific, of early 

 maturity, and in everj' way a fine variety. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 



ENDIVE. (Endivien.) 



A splendid salad for fall or winter use. For an early crop 

 • sow in April, in drills fifteen inches apart, and later on thin 

 out to twelve inches in the rows. It can also be sown in 

 beds and transplanted to the above distance after attaiuing 

 sufficient size. The main sowings are made in June and July, 

 as it is used principally during the fall and early winter 

 months. Ordinary good soil and cultivation is all it reqnires. 

 After it has attained the right size it is blanched in the follow- 

 ing manner: Gather up the leaves and tie them up by their 

 tips in a conical form with bass matting or moistened straw, 

 thereby excluding the light and air from their inner leaves, 

 which then blanch to a beautiful yellowish white color. This 

 process takes from three to five weeks, according to the 

 temperature, bleaching fastest in warm weather. Another 

 method is to lay clean boards right over the plants, which 

 exclude the air and light. 



B^One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 



^Green Curled. The variety mostly cultivated ; leaves dark 

 - " ^fe reen, broad and curly, tender and crisp in quality; some- 

 what eaiiier than other varieties. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, lb. 00c. 



^-aw-Moss Curled. A beautiful curled variety, somewhat 

 resembling moss; dark green in color, quality fine. Pkt. 

 5c, oz. 25c, 3^ lb. 75c. 



y'White Curled. Leaves whitish green and tender; this 

 and the preceding variety are not as hardy as the broad sorts. 

 Bkt. 5c, oz. 25c, lb. 75c. 



V Broad Leaved Batavian. A broad leaA^ed and coarse look- 

 ing variety; not as easily bleached as any of the foregoing, 

 ut is more hardy and better in quality. Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, 

 1^ lb. GOc. 



KOALRABL 

 (Kohl Rabf.) 



A vegetable 

 in t ernn e diate- 

 between the 

 cab-bage and! 

 turnip,, and is a 

 favorite in Eu- 

 rope, especially 

 on the conti- 

 nent, where it 

 is extensively 

 grown for feed- 

 ing cows, as it 

 imparts no un- 

 pleasant taste to- 

 the milk. It i& 

 steadily gain- 

 ing favor ;n thi& 

 country. Sow 

 in April, if the 

 ^weather is- 

 f aTora ble. in< 

 rows eighteeo 

 Green Curled Endive. inches a p» a r t , 



and thin out or transplant in rows twelve inches apart for the 

 White Giant, and eight inches for the Early Vienna varieties,^ 

 as they are considered difficult to transplant. When three or 

 four inches in diameter they aie fit to eat. For late wse sow 

 in June and July. 



B®=One ounce produces 3,000 plants. 



.^Earlies' Short Top Vienna. A very early white variety ; 

 very small foliage and smooth root; best sort for forcing, or 

 earliest out-door crop. Pkt. 5c, oz. 35c. 



^Early White Vienna. Light green in color; very rapid int 

 growth and early in maturity; symmetrical ia form and 

 tine in texture ; "flesh white and "tender: foliage small ; the 

 best for general crop. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c. 



^ Early Purple Vienna. Differing from the above in color, 

 being a bluish purple, and on this account not so desirable: in 

 quality it is, however, superior. Pkt. 6c, oz. 30c. 



White Giant. A large growing late varietj% suitable for a 

 fall crop ; bulbs, stems and foliage are far larger than the 

 preceding sorts; quality very good. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c. 



Kohlrabi. Earliest Short Top Vienna. 



KALE OR BOREKOLE. (Gruener Kohl.) 



A species of the cabbage family which does not form; 

 heads, being used in the open state. It can be grown almost 

 in any kind of soil, but the bestresuUs are obtained from very- 

 rich soil; sow in April and May in beds, transplant and cul- 

 tivate similar to cabbage. The varieties are extremely hardy 

 and much improved by frost; not gro^vn so largely as if its 

 superior qualities were generally known; its delicacy and 

 tenderness is equaled by but few of the cabbage varieties. 



