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WEEBEE & PON. 
VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
EGG PLANT. 
German, Merpflanze.— French, Aubergine.— Spanish, Berengena. 
One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 
The Egg Plant will thrive well in any good garden soil, but will repay- 
good treatment. The seed should be sown in hot-beds the first week in 
April, care being taken to protect the young plants from cold at night. 
Plant out about June 1st, 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 fiower-pots or boxes in the house. 
3Early Long Purple. A very early, hardy and productive variety 
of Sood quality. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 25 cts. ; J4 lb., 75 cts. ; lb., 
Black Pekin, A highly-esteemed variety, producing very hand- 
some, jet-black fruit of superior quality. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 40 
cts.; M lb., f 1.25; lb., $4.00. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE. This variety is exten- 
sively cultivated for both market and private use ; it grows to a 
large size, very prolific and fine flavored. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 40 
cts. ; J4 lb., $1.25; lb., $4.50. 
GREEN CURLED ENDIVE. 
German, Endivien. — French, Chicoree. — Spanish, Endivia. 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill. 
A highly-esteemed winter salad. For first crop sow about the mid- 
dle of May, and for succession in June and July. When the plants are 
two or three inches high, thin them out or transplant into moderately 
rich and rather light soil, one foot apart. When nearly full grown, and 
before they are fit for the table, they should be blanched, by tying the 
leaves loosely together, or by covering with boards or flower-pots. 
GREEN CURLED. The hardiest variety grown; beautifully 
curled, tender and crisp. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; J41b., 40 
cts.; lb., $1.50. 
White Curled. Very tender when cut young; blanches readily. 
Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts. ; M !*>•> 40 cts. ; lb., $1.50. 
Moss Curled. More finely curled, heavier and a more dense plant 
than green curled. Per pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 15 cts.; 341b., 40 cts.; 
lb., $1.50. 
Broad-Leaved Batavian. CEscarrolle.') This variety is chiefly 
used in .soups and stews ; requires to be tied up for blanching. 
Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 15 cts. ; M lb., 40 cts. ; lb., $1.50. 
GARLIC. 
German, Knoblauch.— French, Ail. — Spanish, Ajo. 
One pound will plant 10 feet of drill. 
Garlic is used for a variety of flavoring purposes. Plant the sets 
six inches apart in rows one foot apart. As soon as the leaves have 
turned, the eisop is matured, and may be harvested like the onion. 
Garlic Sets. Per lb., 30 cts. 
MARTYNIA. 
One ounce will plant 300 hills. 
A strong growing annual plant bearing curiously shaped seed pods, 
which, when young and tender, make excellent pickles. Sow in the 
open ground in May, and thin out the plants to two or three feet apart, 
or a few seeds may be sown in a hot-bed and afterwards transplanted. 
Proooscidea. Per pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; % lb., $1.00; lb., 
$3.00. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED EGG PLANT. 
KOHL-RABI. 
German, Kohl-Rabi.— French, Chou-Rave.— Spanish, Col de ndbo. 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill. 
This vegetable, the popularity of which is rapidly increasing, com- 
bines the virtues of the turnip and cabbage, but excels both in nutri- 
tive, hardy and productive qualities. The seed may be sown in June, 
in rows eighteen inches apart, and the plants thinned out to eight or 
ten inches. 
EARLY SHORT-LEAVED WHITE VIENNA. The earliest 
and best table or market variety. Per pkt., 10 cts. : oz., 30 cts. : M 
lb., $1.00 ; lb., $3.00. 
Early Short-Leaved Purple Vienna. Similar to the preced- 
ing, except in color, which is of a bluish purple. Per pkt., 10 cts. ; 
oz., 30 cts. ; M lb., 75 cts. ; lb., $3.00. 
German, Lauch. — French, Poireau. — Spanish, Puerro. 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill. 
The Leek is very hardy, and easily cultivated ; it succeeds best in a 
light but well-enriched soil. Sow as early in spring as practicable, in 
drills one inch deep and one foot apart. When six or eight inches high, 
transplant in rows ten inches apart each way, as deep as possible, that 
the neck, being covered, may be blanched. 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG. The most desirable for market or 
family use. Per pkt., 5 cts. ; oz., 25 cts. ; M lb-, 75 cts. ; lb., $2.25 
Musselburgh. A very large variety of superior quality. Per pkt., 
10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; j| lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2.50. 
AMERICAN FLAG LEEK. 
