GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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EGG PLANT. 



Aubergine (Fr.), Eierpflanze (Ger.), Berengena (Sp.), Petonciano Meanena (Ital.) 

 Large Purple, or New Orleans Market. 



Early Dwarf Oval. 



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 

 a couple of inches 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 specimens and represents the true 



form. This season we will have enough 

 Southern grown seeds to supply our patrons. 



Early 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 well as 

 the former; desirable for family garden. 



The New 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. 



Budded Pecan Trees are a sure investment. 



