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J. STECKLER SEED CO., LTD., ATIMANAC AND 



EGG PLANT. 



Aubergine (Fr.), Eieupflanze (Ger.), Berengena (Sp.), Petonciano Meakena (Ital.) 



Large Purple, or New Orleans Market. 

 Eaidy Dwarf Oval. 

 Steckler^s Neio. 



The New York Market. 



New Early White Pearl Eggplant. 



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

 « couple of iiches 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, or New Orleans Market. 



This is the kind mainly grown here, is large, 

 oval in shape and of a dark purple color and 

 very productive. Southern grown seed of 

 this, as a good many tropical or sub-tropical 

 vegetables, is preferable to Northern seed, as 

 it will germinate 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 ordinary speci- 

 mens and represents the true form. This sea- 

 son we will have enough Southern grown 

 seeds to supply our patrons. 



EarJy Dwarf Oval. This variety is very 

 early and productive; the fruit is not so large 

 as the New Orleans Egg Plant, but equal in 

 flavor. For market it will not sell as v/ell as 

 the former; desirable for family garden. 



The Nevy York Market. Is rounder in 

 shape than the New Orleans; has spines on 

 leaves and stems; not very popular here. 

 Shippers and gardeners always give the New 

 Orleans Market variety the preference. 



New Early White Pearl. The plant 

 is a large, vigorous grower and com- 

 paratively free from thorns. Fruit pure 

 creamy white, with slight shading of a very 

 light green near the stem; beautiful in shape. 



Early Dwarf Oval. 



resembling somewhat the purple variety. In 

 eating quality it is very delicious, fine grain 

 and well flavored. 



New York iMarket. 



Steckler's New. 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. It is a strictly first-class sort 

 and being held up from the ground, as it is, 

 it is not liable to decay as many of the other 

 sorts. 



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