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lyANDRETHS' ThOEISTLESS T^ARGE ROTJND PURPLE EGG-PLANT. 
This plan is used by some of the most successful growers in 
stable manure or similar preparation is best; strong manure or hot, rauk manure is 
unsuitable. 
Sow in hotbeds or other protected place early in the Spring; when up two or three 
inches transplant into small pots (which plunge in ea,rth) so as to get stockj', well-rooted 
plants, and late in the Spring, or not till the commencement of Summer, unless the weather 
. be warm, transplant into thoroughly worked, rich and recently well-manured ground. A 
good plan is to open a deep, wide trench, filling it nearly with manure; restore the earth and 
plant therein, placing the plants three feet apart each way. The seed does not vegetate 
freely; repeated sow- 
ings are sometimes 
necessary. It is almost 
useless to attempt the 
culture of :Egg-Plant 
unless the proper at- 
tention be given. In 
growing the Egg-Plant 
m the Summer and 
Autumn months in 
Florida, great trouble 
is sometimes experi- 
encedin getting a stand 
of plants owing to the 
excessive heat and beat- 
ing rains. This difficulty 
can be largely over- 
come by shading the 
ground where the Seed 
is sown. If sown in 
beds, the shading may 
b e accomplished by 
means of frames cov- 
ered with seed-bed 
cloth, or by blinds of 
slats or common boards 
properly supported 
over the beds to cut off 
the direct rays of the 
sun. If the seed is 
sown where the plants 
are to remain (a bad 
. practice) the shading 
may be done by using 
Palmetto fans or leaves, 
placing them one each 
on the north and south 
side of the hill, the 
tops meeting over the seed, 
the Gulf States. 
About 3000 plants are required to plant an acre. These plants should produce an average 
of three to four fruits, weighing two to three pounds each. Our selected seeds are always 
taken from fruit weighing eight to ten pounds each; we have had them of thirteen 
pounds in weight. Commission merchants in Philadelphia pay the market gardener about, 
on an average, one-and-a-half cents per fruit. The highest prices are eight and ten cents 
per fruit. 
Florida fruit arrives in Philadelphia the latter part of November, and commands $6 to $8 
per barrel crate. Earlier in the Autumn the market is supplied by fruit from Jersey. 
Towards Chrifstmas the price of 
Florida Fgg-Plant rises to $10 
per barrel crate and then declines 
by April to $6 to $8, and by May 
to $5, after which they are likely 
to arrive in a damaged condition 
and be worthless. Egg- Plant iruit 
can be grated and canned for 
Winter use. See priced-list in 
back of this catalogue. 
LETTUCE. 
Landreths' Forcing (Rare). 
— So named because of its adapt- 
abilitj' for forcing under glass, 
forming crisp hard heads befoi-e 
any other known sort has com- 
menced to head; having no outside 
leaves it can be planted at half 
distance, twice as many to a 
space as any other sort. It is all 
head, producing weightier heads 
than any other kind twice its size. 
Valuable for small gardens. This 
is something very choice, and 
while most trusty for open gar- 
den culture, it is unapproached 
for forcing in hotbeds or frames; 
very compact and round like a 
ball. Suitable for sending to the 
table in entire form on the root. 
I^ong standing before shooting. 
See priced-list in back of this cat- 
alogue. 
Virginia Solid Header.— Cabbage heading, leaves light in color with tinge of red on 
edge, few leaves outside of the head, late to mature but slow to start to shoot to seed, admirable 
therefore for market garden. Cultivated by us on our Virginia plantation for shipment to 
market, is of remarkably good quality. We have sent quantities to Baltimore market, realiz- 
ing handsome prices. We recommend it by using it ourselves. See priced-list in back of 
this catalogue. 
E 1- r ij C E — L A N I > R E T H S ' 1" O R C L N G 
MUSTARD. 
Bloonisdale Iiarge-Leaved (Early).— So named by reason of producing leaves when 
fully developed as large and broad as the largest Tobacco. The leaves when small are very 
tender, and admirable as a salad. When larger leaved we recommend it for boiling like 
Spinach. A plant which should be in every garden. See priced-list in back of this catalogue. 
