GARDEN MANUAL. FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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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 prefer- 

 ence. 





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New Orleans Market. 



ENDIVE. 

 Chicoree (Fr.), Endivien (Gen), Endibia (Sp.) 



A salad plant which is very popular and 

 much cultivated for the market, principal- 

 ly for summer use. It can be sown in drills 

 a foot apart, aud when the plants are well 

 up, thinned out till about eight inches 

 apart. Or it can be sown broad-cast thinly 

 and transplanted the same as Lettuce". 

 When the leaves are largeenough, say about 

 eight inches long, tie them up for blanch- 

 ing, to make them fit for table. This can 

 only be done in dry weather, otherwise the 

 leaves are apt to rot. For summer use do 

 not sow before the end of March, as if 



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Green Curled Endive. 



