32 J. STECKLER SEED co., LTD., ALMANAC AND 
Decidedly an acquisition because of its deep green color which it retains un- 
Early Fortune. changed for a week after picking, thus fitting it for shipping long distances.. 
In size it is larger and slimmer than White Spine. The fruit is cylindrical, smooth, free from wart, and 
bears brown spines. 
Egg Plant. 
For PRICE List SEE RED PAGES IN BACK OF BOOK. 
Aubergine (Fr.), Eierpflanze (Ger.), Berengena (Sp.), Petonciana Meanena (Ital. ) 
CULT WR 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, sothat the plants may 
become stronger and robust. When warm enough, generaily during March, the plants can be planted in 
the open ground, about two anda half feet apart. This vegetable 1s very profitable in the South, and ex- 
tensively cultivated. 
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New Orleans Market. 
q bles, is preferable to Northern seed, as it will 
Large Purple or New Orleans Mean iore readily, and the plant will last 
Market This isthe kind mainly grown here, longer during the hot season. It is the best variety 
* is large, oval in shape and of a dark for shipping, superior to the Northern raised kinds. 
purple colorand very productive. Southern grown It carries better. The cutis made from three speci- 
seed of this, as agood many tropical or sub-tropical mens, and represents the true form. 
Leg Bands fer Tagging Poultry. 
