88 J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
New Orleans Market. 
LARGE PURPLE OR NEW ORLEANS minate more readily, and the plant will 
MAREET.—This is the kind ‘mainly grown last longer during the hot season. It is 
here, is large, oval in shape and of a dark the best variety for shipping, superior to 
purple color and very productive. South- the Northern raised kinds. It carries bet- 
ern grown seed of this, as a good many ter. The cut is made from three _ speci- 
tropical or sub-tropical vegetables, is mens, and represents the true form. 
preferable to Northern seed, as it will ger- 
Frotscher’s Large Purple or New Orleans Market is the earliest and best of all 
large fruited Eggplants and has been the standard for many years. 
For Price List See Red Pages in Back of Book. 
Chicoree (Fr.), Endivien (Ger.), Endibia (Sp.), Indivia (Itai.) 
CULTURE.—A salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the 
market. Principally for Summer use. It can be sown in drills a foot apart and when the 
plants are well up, thinned out till about eight inches apart. Or it can be sown broadcast 
thinly and transplanted the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are large enough, say 
about eight inches long, tie them up for blanching, to make them fit for table. This can 
only be done in dry weather, otherwise the leaves are apt to rot. For Summer use do 
not sow before the end of March, as if sown sooner, the plants will run into seed very 
early. Sow for a succession during the Spring and Summer months. For Winter use 
sow in September and October. One ounce to 300 feet of drill; 3 pounds per acre. 
The New Orleans Market Musk Melon Cannot be Surpassed by Any Other. 
