HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
EGGPLANTS— BEST KINDS FOR DIFFERENT 
SECTIONS 
OOD crops of fruits may be grown even in sections 
® having but ioo frostless days and nights, by selecting 
either Early Round Purple shown above or Early Long 
Purple (below). The former will bear fruits averaging 
five inches long by three inches in diameter at the thick- 
est part within 120 days after seeds are sown. This 
sort may therefore be started as late as middle of April 
and will bear “eggs” ready for use by end of July, providing 
the plants develop without check. 
Early Long Purple shown above perfects fruits six to 
eight inches long by two and a half inches in diameter 
at widest part within 135 days after sowing seeds. Bear 
in mind that all fruits are more palatable before they 
reach full size and before seeds develop within them. 
Nezv York Improved Purple shown above and Black 
Beauty illustrated in colors on page 89 require from 150 
to 160 days to reach full size. Both grow to be eight 
inches long by six inches in diameter, have a beautiful 
blackish purple skin, and are very prolific. Black Beauty 
is the earlier of the two by ten days and is gradually re- 
placing New York Improved Purple because of its uni- 
formly handsome color. 
273 
