Vegetable Seeds 
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WEEBER U DON 
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 hotbeds the first week in April, care being 
taken to protect the young plants from cold at night. 
Plant out about June 1st, about two feet apart. Suf- 
ficient plants may be raised for a small garden by sow- 
ing a few seeds in flower-pots or boxes in the house. 
Black Pekin. A highly-esteemed variety, producing 
jet-black fruit. Pkt. 5c, oz. 30c, % lb. $1.00, lb. $3.50. 
Early Long- Purple. A very early, hardy and pro- 
ductive variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, % lb. 75c, lb. $2.00. 
New York Improved. Purple. Extensively culti- 
vated for market and private use ; very prolific and 
fine flavored. Pkt, 5c, oz. 40c, % lb. $1.25, lb. $4.00. 
VIENNA. KOHL- RABI 
NEW YORK IMPROVED EGG PLANT 
ENDIVE 
German, Endivien. French, Ohicoree. 
Spanish, Endivia. 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 
A highly - esteemed winter salad. 
For first crop sow about the middle 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. 
Broad-Leaved Batavian (Escar- 
rolle). Used in soups and stews; 
requires to be tied up for blanching. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, % lb. 40c, lb. $1.50. 
Green Curled. The hardiest variety 
grown; beautifully curled. Pkt. 5c, 
oz. 15c, % lb. 40c, lb. $1.50. 
Moss Curled. More finely curled and denser than green curled. 
15c, % lb. 40c, lb. $1.50. 
"White Curled. Very tender when cut young ; blanches readily. Pkt. 5c, oz. 
15c, % lb. 40c, lb. $1.50. 
GREEN CURLED ENDIVE 
Pkt. 5c, OZ. 
KOHL-RABI 
German, Kohl-Babi. French, Chou- 
Bave. Spanish, Col de Nabo. 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 
,This vegetable, the popularity of 
which is rapidly increasing, combines 
the virtues of the turnip and cabbage, 
but excels both in nutritive, hardy and 
productive qualities. The seed may be 
sown in June, in rows 18 in. apart, and 
the plants thinned out to 8 or 10 in. 
Early Short - Leaved White 
Vienna. The earliest and best table 
or market variety. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 
% lb. 75c, lb. $2.50. 
Early Short - Leaved Purple 
Vienna. Similar to the preceding, 
except in color. Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 
% lb. 75c, lb. $2.50. 
FENNEL 
Florence or Naples. Sow in spring 
in rows 16 to 20 in. apart. Thin out 
so as to have the seedlings five or six 
inches apart, and water as plentifully 
as possible. In flavor it resembles 
celery, but with a sweet taste. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 15c, % lb. 40c, lb. $1.50. 
GARLIC 
. German, Knoblauch. French, Ail. Spanish, Ajo. 
One pound toill 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 crop is 
matured and may be harvested like the onion. 
Garlic Sets, lb. 30c. 
German, Lauch. French, Poireau. Spanish, Puerro. 
One ounce will sow 200 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 10 inches 
apart each way, as deep as possible, that the neck, being covered, may be 
blanched. 
Large American Flag 1 . The most desirable for market or family use. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 20c, Y± lb. 60c, lb. $2.00. 
Musselburgh, or Scotch. A very large variety of superior quality. Pkt. 
5c, oz. 20c, Y± lb. 60c, lb. $2.00. 
MARTYNIA 
One ounce will plant 200 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 hotbed and afterward transplanted. 
Prohoscidea. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, % lb. $1.00, lb. $3.00. 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG LEEK 
