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EGG PLANT. 



German, Eierpflanze. — French, Aubergine. — Spanish, Berengena. 

 One ounce will produce about one thousand plants. 

 The egg plant will thrive well in any good garden soil, but will repay good treatment. The 

 seed should be sown in hotbeds the first week in April, care being taken to protect the young 

 plants from cold at night. Plant out about June i, about two and a half feet apart If no hot- 

 bed is at hand, sufficient plants may be raised for a small garden by sowing a few seeds in common 

 flower-pots or boxes in the house. 



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New York Improved. Fruit round, purple ; the leading market variety . $0.10 $0.50 $6.00 



Early Long" Purple. Very early and hardy variety; of good quality . .10 .30 3.00 

 Black Pekill. A highly esteemed variety ; fruit round, jet black in color, 



of superior quality 10 .60 6.00 



White Fruited. Grown for ornamental purposes only . . . . .05 .30 3.00 



ENDIVE. 



German, Endivien. — French, Chicoree. — Spanish, Endivia. 

 One ounce will sow sixty square feet. 

 Sow, for an early supply, about the middle of April. As it is used mostly in the fall months, 

 the main sowings are made in June and July, from which plantations are formed, at one foot 

 apart each way, in August and September. It requires no special soil or manure, and, after plant- 

 ing, is kept clear of weeds until the plant has attained its full size, when the process of blanching 

 begins. Gather up the leaves, and tie them by their tips in a conical form, with bass matting. 

 The inner leaves, in the course of from three to six weeks, according to the temperature at the 

 time, become blanched. 



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Green Curled. The hardiest variety; leaves dark green, tender and crisp, $0.05 $0.20 $2.00 

 MOSS Curled. A beautiful curled variety ; very ornamental, of fine quality, .05 .20 2.00 

 Broad-Leaved Batavian. (Escarolle.) A summer variety, chiefly used 



in soups and stews 05 .20 2.00 



KALE, or BORECOLE. 



German, Blatter Kohl. — French, Chou Vert. — Spanish, Breton. 

 One ounce will produce about three thousand plants. 



Sow early, transplant and cultivate same as cabbage. This is the most tender and delicate 

 of all the cabbage tribe, and is best when touched by frost. 



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Green Curled Scotch. A hardy dwarf variety, beautifully curled, with . 



spreading foliage . . . . . . . . . . . $ ao5 j aiQ $ ^ QO 



Kale Seed* or German Greens. Used for quick-growing spring greens ; 

 the popular sort with Boston market-gardeners; used and cultivated 

 similar to Savoy Cabbage greens . . . G ^ IO >2<> 



Siherian Dwarf Curled Kale, German Greens, or " Sprouts." Grown 

 as Winter Greens, sown in the month of September, in rows one foot 

 apart, and treated in every way as spinach. It is ready for use in early 

 spring. Very popular with New York market-gardeners . . . .05 .10 .75 



KOHL-HABI. 



German, Kohl-Rabi. — French, Chou-Rave. — Spanish, Col de Nabo. 

 One ounce will sow a drill of about two hundred feet. 



Kohl-Rabi, or Turnip-Rooted Cabbage. This vegetable, the popularity of which is rapidly 

 increasing, combines the virtues of the turnip and cabbage, but excels both in nutritive, hardy, 



