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W. H. Strong <6 Co., Sacramento, Cal. 
EGG PLANT. 
Olio ounce will produce about 1,000 plants. 
This plant is quite tonier, but will thrive in any pood garden soil. Seeds should Ik* sown in hot-bed 
or warm green hou.se. When one inch high transplant into two inch pots. Plant out two and a half 
feet apart when weather is ivarm and settled. 
New York Improved— Large, fine, and the leading market variety. 
Early Long Purple— Longer than the preceding, l)tit early, hardy and productive. 
Black Pekin— Handsome, jet black, round and solid. It is (piite early and very superior. 
Kgg Plant. ENDIVE. 
One ounce for 75 feet of drill. 
This make.s a very line salad for late and Winter nse. Sow seeds during the Summer months in 
drills, fourteen inches apart ; when established, thin to one ffK)t afnirt in rows. Wlien nearly full grown, 
tie leaves together over the center tt> blanch the inside or heart of the plant, which will be done in two 
weeks or more, according to the temperature. This may al.so l>e done by coveiiug with l>oa]d>, etc., to 
exclude the light. 
Green Curled— This var e\v is quite hardy, tender and crisp. 
Moss Curled— Isa lieautiful curled variety of fine t|iiality. 
Batavian Broad Leaf— Ts a good sort and much used in soups and stews. 
KALE, or BORECOLE. 
One ounce for 2.0‘^C plants. 
Thi.s isused mainly for greens. It is of the cabbage species, but does not n>n to head. It is very 
luu dy and will continue growing through the cold and wet months. 
Dwarf Curled— This is u.sually sown in the fall months for winter greens, in rows one f<x>t apart, and 
is (iX'Htcd same as spinach. 
Kale, or Borecole. Sea Kale. 
Green Scotch Curled— Is a dwarf sprea<Ung variety often covering three feet in diameter, leaves 
bright green and beautifully curled. 
Cottagers’ Kale— Isa valuable kind ; excellent llavor and an immense cropper, grow.s one foot high 
leaves ri(ii green, curled, and feathered to the ground. 
Sea Kale— This is quite a favorite with many; its young shoots are blanched for use. It is trained 
and treated like the c.abbage. 
KOHL RABI. 
One ounce f<ir 2,0r0 plants. 
Tins is an intermediate between the Cabbage and iiirnip. Sow in drills 12 to 18 inches apart and 
thin out to eight inches between the plants. Kiihl Kabi |sa great favorite with Europeans and is rapidly 
gaining in favor here. It is a superior feed for coavs giving milk. 
Kohl Kabi. 
Cas iKJtluce. 
Cabbage Lettuce. 
Early White Vienna— Wnite and tender. Tlie best market sort and for table u.se. 
Early Purple— Uifiering u color, bein^ of a blueish purple, beautiful and excellent. 
