^ RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEM 



Egg Plant 



A ubergine, Fr. 

 Berenjena, Sp. 

 Petonciano, Ital. 

 Eierfrucht, Ger. 



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 seed 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 and 2 feet space between the plants in the row. Watch for 

 the potato beetle. 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. 



Health Value of Fresh Egg Plants: Calories per lb. 126; 

 Vitamins A, B; Proteins 1.2%; Carbohydrates 5.1%; 

 Fats .3%; Calcium .011%,; Iron .00047%,. 



Early Black Beauty Egg Plant 



404 Early Black Beauty. Spineless, with rich purplish 

 black skin; very attractive and of best quality. This 

 beautiful Egg Plant is exacting in its call for rich, warm 

 soil. The plants are remarkably healthy in their growth 

 and produce an abundance of large fruit, earlier than the 

 New York Improved. The favorite sort for show purposes. 

 Pkt. 15c; h oz. 40c; oz. 70c; { lb. $2.00. 



407 New York Improved Large Purple. Produces 

 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 quality. Pkt. 10c; \ oz. 40c; 

 oz. 70c; { lb. $2.00. 



406 Early Long Purple. Earliest, hardiest, and very 

 productive. The fruits are long and of good quality, 

 measuring 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. 10c; \ oz. 40c; oz. 70c; 

 i lb. $2.00. 



Plants of Egg Plant are offered on page 202 



Green Curled Winter Endive 



Endive 



Chicoeer, Fr. 

 Indivia, Ital. 



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. 



Health Value of Fresh Endive: 



Vitamins A, C; Calcium .104%; Iron .000123%,. 



410 Broad-Leaved Batavian (Escarolle). A favorite salad 



variety with wide, wavy leaves and cut, irregular edges. 



Inner leaves blanch nicely to a creamy white. Tender 



and of very agreeable flavor. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; \ lb. 65c. 

 412 Dreer's Giant Fringed. (See Specialties, page z.) 



Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; \ lb. 65c. 

 414 Green Curled Winter. A standard sort for fall and 



winter crop. Very hardy and vigorous. Easy to blanch. 



Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; \ lb. 65c. 

 416 White Curled {Self-Blanching). Plants 14 to 16 inches 



across; leaves pale green, finely cut, crisp, and very tender. 



Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; \ lb. 65c. 



Finnochio or Florence Fennel 



418 A desirable vegetable ex- 

 tensively used in Italy as 

 a salad, or served boiled, 

 with a cream dressing. 

 When the base is about 

 the size of a hen's egg 

 earth up to cover half of 

 it. In about ten days 

 cut for use. Pkt. 10c; 

 oz. 25c; \ lb. 75c. 



Finnochio 



Horse Radish Roots are offered on page 202 



