GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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EGG PLANT. 



For Price List See Bed Paffes in Back of Book. 



Aubergine (Fr.), Eierpflanze (Ger.), Berengena (Sp.), Petonciana Meanena (Ital.) 



CULTURE. — The seed should be sown in hot beds in the early part of January. 

 When a couple of inches high they should be transplanted into another frame, so that 

 the plants may become stronger and robust. When warm enough, generally during 

 March, the plants can be planted in the open ground, about two and a half feet apart. 

 This vegetable is very profitable in the South, and extensively cultivated. 



New Orleans Market. 



LARGE PURPLE OB NEW OBLEANS 

 MARKET. — This is the kind mainly grown 

 here, is large, oval in shape and of a dark 

 purple color and very productive. South- 

 ern grown seed of this, as a good many 

 tropical or sub-tropical vegetables, is 

 preferable to Northern seed, as it will ger- 

 minate more readily, and the plant will 

 last longer during the hot season. It is 

 the best variety for shipping, superior to 

 the Northern raised kinds. It carries 

 better. The cut is made from three speci- 

 mens, and represents the true form. 



BLACK BEAUTY. — Ten days earlier than 

 the New York Purple, but not quite as 



large as this sort. The plants branch 

 freely, forming strong, upright bushes, 

 well set with the large handsome fruits. 

 The color is a rich shiny purplish black. 

 It is entirely free from spines. Because of 

 its quick development, seeds may be sown 

 in the open ground and the plants grown 

 without the use of a hotbed. A valuable 

 sort for the market gardener and home 

 garden. 



STECKLEB'S NEW HIGH BUSH. — 

 Similar to the New York Improved, except 

 that it grows with a longer stem and the 

 fruit is borne on its stem rather than out 

 on the branches, as with other varieties. 



Try Steckler's New Calico Bush Butter Beans. 



