k RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEERT/ 



PH1MDELPHI\P, 



EGG PLANT <*-. 



One ounce will produce about 1000 plants. 

 Culture — Egg Plant seed requires a higher temperature for germination 

 than any other vegetable, and this temperature should be maintained right 

 along in order to maintain strong and healthy growth. Sow the seeds in 

 hotbeds, early in March. When 3 inches high, pot the young plants, using 

 small pots, and plunge them in the same bed, so that the plants may become 

 stocky. They can be planted out from the pots when the season becomes 

 sufficiently warm, in May or June. The soil can hardly be made too rich. 

 Set the plants in open ground, allowing 3 feet space between the rows, an 1 2 

 feet space between the plants in the row. Watch for the potato bettle. This 

 pest, as well as blight, may be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux Arsenate 

 of Lead Mixture or by dusting the plants with Slug Shot. 

 404 Early Black Beauty. Spineless, with rich purplish black skin; 

 very attractive and of best quality. This beautiful Egg Plant is im- 

 proved to the limit, but is exacting in its call for rich, warm soil. The 

 plants are remarkably healthy in their growth and produce an abun- 

 dance of large fruit, earlier than the New York Improved. The 

 favorite sort for show purposes. Pkt., IS cts. ; j oz., 30 cts. ; oz., 55 

 cts.; i lb., $1.65. 



407 New York Improved Large Purple. Produces the fruits in 

 great quantities, plants averaging from 4 to 6 fruits each. They are 

 large, nearly round, dark purple, free of thorns and of excellent qua! 

 ity. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; \ lb., $2.00. 



40G Early Long Purple. Earliest, hardiest and very productive. The 

 fruits are long and of good quality, measure 6 to 10 inches long and 

 best for very early use. Flavor is in the opinion of many, finer than the 

 two large sorts offered above. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 25 cts.; oz., 45 cts.; 

 Jib., $1.35. 



Plants of Egg Plant are offered on page 210. 



zk Beauty Egg Plant 



Chic oeer, Fr. 



ENDIVE 



Endibia o Escarola, Sp. 



Endivie, Ger. 



One ounce of seed to 200 feet of row. 



CULTURE — Endive is one of the best and most wholesome salads for fall and winter use. Sow in shallow drills in April for early 

 use or for late use in June or July. When 2 or 3 inches high transplant into good ground or thin out to 1 foot apart. When nearly full 

 grown and before they are fit for the table they must be bleached. This is done by gathering the leaves together and tying with yarn or 

 raffia to exclude the light and air from the inner leaves which must be done when quite dry or they will rot. Another method is to cover 

 the plants with boards or slats. In three or four weeks they will be blanched. After a shower the boards must be taken off or the plants 

 untied, to allow drying. 



410 Broad-leaved Batavian (Escarolle). A favorite 

 salad variety, with wide, wavy leaves edges of 

 which are cut and irregular. Inner leaves blanch 

 nicely to a creamy-white, tender, and of very 

 agreeable flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; i lb., 

 65 cts. 



412 Dreer's Giant Fringed. (See Specialties, 



page 3.) Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; \ lb., 65 cts. 

 414 Green Curled Winter. Standard sort for fall 

 and winter crop. Very hardy and vigorous. Easy 

 to blanch. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; \ lb., 65 cts. 

 416 White Curled (Self -blanching). Plants 14 to 16 

 inches across, leaves pale green, finely cut, crisp 

 and very tender. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; i lb., 



DANDELION 



Pissenlit,T?R. Loewenzahn, Ger. A margon, Sp. 

 One ounce to 100 feet of row. 

 Culture — Plants usually come up small and feebly. 

 Sow seed in good clean loam, in drills 1 foot apart, and 

 thin or transplant to 10 or 12 inches apart in the rows. 

 May be blanched by covering with leaves or other loose 

 litter, or by placing a large inverted flower pot over 

 each plant. 



401 Broad-leaved. (See Specialties, page 3.) Pkt., 

 15 cts. ; i oz., 70 cts.; oz., $1.25; \ lb., $4.00. 



402 Common. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 30 cts.; oz., 50 

 Broad-leaved Batavian Endive cts.; \ lb., $1.50. 



Cheap seeds produce poor quality vegetables 



