IMPLEMENTS 



Early White Spine — One of the best sorts 

 for table use. Vines vigorous, fruiting early and 

 abundantly; fruit uniformly straight and hand- 

 some, dark green, with a few white spines; flesh 

 tender and of excellent flavor. In this country 

 this variety is used more, perhaps, than any other 

 for forcing under glass. Packet, 5c. Ounce, ioc. 

 Y^ pound, 20c. Pound, 70c. 



Improved Early White Spine or Arling- 

 ton.— A selection from the White Spine, being 

 more pointed at each end. The young fruits are 

 unusually crisp and tender, and are of very dark- 

 green color, so that the variety is considered by 

 many to be the best for small pickles. Packet, 50 

 Ounce, ioc. Y pound, 20c . Pound, 75c. 



Thorburn's Everbearing. — Small-sized, very 

 early, and enormously productive. Continues long 



EGG PLANT. 



(EIERFRUCHT.) 



1 oz. will produce 1000 plants. 

 Sow in March in hot bed, and transplant when two 

 inches high into a second hot-bed, or let them remain and 

 thin out to four inches apart. When the weather becomes 

 settled, transplant into the open ground three feet apart 

 each way. Good culture is quite as important as good 

 seed ; work the ground deep ; make it rich with well rot- 

 ted manure and hoe often. 



New York Improved Purple. -Oval shape, 

 thornless ; dark purple color and rich flavor. Pack" 

 age, ioc. Ounce, 25c. ^ pound, 75c. Pound, $2.50. 



Cucumbers. 



GURKE. 



1 oz. to 50 hills, 1 to 2 lbs to an acre. 



Culture. — For growth of cucumbers hills 

 are raised, standing five feet apart. Quite 

 rich, sandy soil is best. If necessary enrich the 

 hills with a mixture of sandy soil and strong 

 rotten manure. For early use, plant in May; 

 for pickling, plant in June or July. Eight or 

 ten seeds should be allowed to each hill, as the 

 young plants are often destroyed by bugs. 



Soon as the plants attain vigor, thin them, 

 leaving the three most promising ; if practica- 

 ble water during the drought, keep soil loose 

 and free from weeds. 



in bearing. Packet, 5c. Ounce, ioc. Y\ pound, 

 25c. Pound, 75c. 



London Long Green.— Is the standard late 

 sort, quite crisp, and of good size ; it is not so early 

 as either the Spine or France, but is more desirable 

 for a late crop. It is the variety also grown very 

 extensively in New Jersey and other sections for 

 pickling, and for that purpose should not be 

 planted until late in July or early in August, and 

 when of a proper size picked and put in salt and 

 water. Ounce, ioc. T /\ pound, 20c. Pound, 70c. 

 T Jersey Pickling 1 . — The best general crop 

 pickle. Pronounced by growers to be a perfect 

 pickle in every respect, being very productive ; a 

 deep green color. It has no rival. Packet, 5c. 

 J4 pound, 25c. Pound ,75c. 



Gerkin or Burr. — Used only for pickling- 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. 



Black Beauty Egg Plant. — An extra-early 

 variety that recommends itself to all growers. 

 The New Black Beauty, or Cherry Black, origi- 

 nated in South Jersey with a very prominent 

 trucker, who has grown it for a number of years. 

 It combines in itself many characteristics which 

 are very valuable in this vegetable. In the fisrt 

 place, it is very early ,in fact the earliest good 

 market variety. By this we mean it is the earliest 

 variety thalt grows to a good size suitable for 

 market purposes. Then, again, it is very desira- 

 ble in color, being a jet black, much the color 

 of the Black Pekin. Packet, ioc. Ounce, 40c. 

 % pound, $1.00. Pound, $3.50. 



ENDIVE. 



1 oz. to 200 ft. of drill. 3 lbs. to an acre. 

 Culture. — June or July select a bed of good soil, drill 

 fifteen inches apart, sow seed and cover lightly. The 

 plants should not stand closer than twelve inches. Keep 

 the earth to the stems, destroy weeds and hoe liberally. 



Extra Green Curled.-It is the best. Packet, 

 5c. Ounce, 15c. Y pound, 35c. Pound ,$1.25. 



FINE GREEN CURLED ENDIVE. 



