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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



EGG PLANT 



Plants of the varieties listed below, set in the field early in June at our Experimental Gardens 

 near Detroit, always produce marketable fruits in August or eariy September. 



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Black Beauty 



EGBLA 



Popular home 

 and market sort. 

 Plants thrifty, 

 24—30 in. tall, 

 commonly bear 

 4 to 6 large 

 fruits which are 

 smooth, broad 

 egg-shaped; uni- 

 form, very rich 

 dark purple, re- 

 taining the color 

 a long time. 



FLORIDA HIGH 



BUSH EGFLO 



Popular variety 

 for shipping. 

 Plants of strong 

 upright growth 

 producing fruit 

 well above the 

 ground. Fruit 

 similar to Large 

 New York Pur- 

 ple, but slightly 

 larger, more 

 slender, and not 

 as uniformly 

 dark in color. 



Improved Large 

 Egg Plant. Florida High Bush (Sp^nSess). . egphr 



The standard home and market sort. Plants large, 30-— 36 in. tall; very 

 productive, commonly bearing 4 — 6 or more large, handsome, dark purple, 

 symmetrical, broad egg-shaped fruits. 



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Broad Leaved Batavian (Escarolle) enbro 



Grown in market gardens and for shipping. Plants large; leaves broad, 

 thick, somewhat twisted; heart very compact and blanches readily. 



Full Heart Batavian enful 



Distinctly improved form of Broad Leaved Batavian or Escarolle. Plant 

 medium large with very deep, full, compact well-blanched heart of infolded 

 broad leaves that are of thick buttery texture and splendid quality. 



Green Curled, green ribbed engre 



A variety with deeply cut leaf margins, but not curled as is Moss Curled. 

 It is medium large in size and blanches well at the heart in late summer 

 and fall. The mid-ribs or stems are pure green. 



Large Green Curled, pink ribbed enpin 



(Also known as Large Curled Pancalier.) A late, coarsely toothed variety 

 of good size, which forms a good, blanched heart in the late fall. The mid- 

 rib or leaf stem is tinged with rose. 



White Curled enwhi 



Plant medium size and fairly compact. Leaf very pale green with yellow 

 mid-rib. 



Moss Curled enmos 



Leaves medium green, decidedly cut and finely curled. Mid-ribs narrow 

 and very white. 



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