SEED GROWERS 
EGG PLANT 
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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 early September. 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
Black Beauty 
- 80 days 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 
85 days 
Popular variety 
for shipping. 
Plants of strong 
upright growth 
producing fruit 
well above the 
ground. Fruit Eggplant, Fort Myers Market 
similar to Im- 
proved Large Purple, but slightly larger, more slender, and not as uniformly 
dark in color. 
Fort Myers Market 
85 days. Vigorous and very productive high bush variety, 
holding fruits well off the ground. Fruits ideal size for shipment, 
9 to 10 inches long, 514 to 61% inches diameter, nearly egg 
shaped, broadest near blossom end. Outstanding for deep 
purplish black color and high gloss. Especially adapted to 
Florida and Cuban conditions. 
Improved Large Purple (Spineless) 80 days 
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. 
ENDIVE 
Broad Leaved Batavian (Escarolle) 90 days 
Grown in market gardens and for shipping. Plants large; leaves 
broad, thick, somewhat twisted; compact and blanches readily. 
DEEP HEART FRINGED 
90 days. Our 1940 All-America Silver Medal winner. Entirely new 
type of endive, between Full Heart Batavian and Green Curled, 
but more upright in growth than either, and leaves broader than 
Green Curled. Outer leaves turn upward, making plants less 
susceptible to bottom rots than most endives. Extra deep, well 
filled hearts blanch to clear creamy yellow. (See page 2) 
Full Heart Batavian 90 days 
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. 
Green Curled. green ribbed 95 days 
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 95 days 
(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 midrib or leaf stem is tinged with rose. 
Moss Curled 
Leaves medium green, decidedly cut and finely curled. Mid-ribs 
narrow and very white. 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
EGMYR 
EGPUR 
ENBRO 
ENDEP 
ENFUL 
ENGRE 
ENPIN 
ENWHI 
