THE NEBRASKA SEED CO., OMAHA, NEB 
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EGG PLANT 
Eierpflanze. Aubergine. 
CULTURE.—Sow in hot beds very early In the 
spring and transplant to two or three feet apart, 
In very rich, warm ground. Hoe up gradually un¬ 
til they blossom. 
IMPROVED NEW YORK PURPLE. The best 
known and for years the leading variety of egg 
plant. The fruit is large, oval and deep purple 
in color. A sure cropper. 
BLACK BEAUTY. An early maturing variety 
bearing deep purplish black fruit. The “eggs” 
are nearly as large as those of New York Purple 
and mature about ten days earlier. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH. Plants of this variety 
grow strong and tall and the fruits are borne 
high on the bush. It is very prolific and bears 
continuously throughout the growing season. 
The blossoms are not easily blighted by the hot 
sun and the fruit seldom drops to the ground. 
Fruits are dark and purplish, about the size of 
Improved New York Purple, but a little more 
rounded and of delicious flavor. 
ENDIVE 
N. Y. IMPROVED PURPLE EGG PLANT. 
Endivle. Chicoree. 
CULTURE.—Sow in August in shallow drills, 
twelve to fifteen inches apart, and thin to one foot 
in drills. When fully grown tie over the outer 
leaves of a few plants every week or ten days to 
blanch. 
WHITE CURLED. Self blanching. 
GREEN CURLED. Leaves curled dark green. 
BROAD LEAVED BATAVIAN. Leaves are 
broad, thick, green, more or less twisted and 
waved, with white mid-ribs. It forms large 
hearts, which when blanched, form one of the 
best winter salads. Crisp, tender and fine flavor. 
KALE OR BORECOLE 
Blaetter-Rohl. Chou Vert. 
The Kales make excellent greens for winter and 
spring use. Sow the seed about the end of spring 
and then transplant and cultivate like cabbage. 
DWARF GREEN CURLED. A sort of especial 
excellence, being a very fine curled variety of yel- 
'owish-green color, growing very close to the 
ground. 
TALL CURLED SCOTCH. Grows about 18 
inches in height and spreads. The leaves are 
bright green, beautifully curled. 
THOUSAND-HEADED RALE. Fine for stock 
LEEK 
Lauch. Foireau. 
CULTURE. —Sow early in spring. When about 
six inches high transplant into rows about ten 
inches apart each way and as deep as possible to 
perfect the blanching process. The richer the soil 
the finer the leeks will grow. 
MUSSELBURG. Very dark colored leaves, stout 
and bard. 
LARGE AMERICAN FLAG. Pods. 
OKRA OR GUMBO 
Ocher. Gumbo. 
CULTURE. Sow about the middle of spring in 
drills, and thin the plants to a foot or more 
apart. Highly esteemed and cultivated for its 
green seed pods, which are used in soups or 
stewed and served like Asparagus. 
LONG GREEN OR LONG WHITE. Long ribbed 
pods. 
IMPROVED DWARF GREEN. Early and very 
productive. Smooth pods. 
MUSHROOM SPAWN 
and poultry. 
KOHL RABI 
Kohl-Rabi. Chou-rave. 
CULTURE. —Same as directed for cabbage, tak¬ 
ing care to set the plants no deeper than they 
stood in the seed toed, and in hoeing not to heap 
much earth about them. 
EARLIEST WHITE VIENNA. The earliest and 
best for forcing. 
EARLIEST PURPLE VIENNA. Differs from 
the Early White Vienna only in color, which is 
bluish purple. 
LARGE GREEN. This sort, also known as 
Large White, is grown for feeding stock. The 
bulbs when fully grown weigh eight to ten 
pounds and are stored like turnips. 
MUSTARD 
Senf. Moutard. 
YELLOW OR WHITE LONDON. Best for salad. 
BROWN OR BLACK. More pungent than the 
white. 
CHINESE CURLED OR GIANT. Leaves twice 
the size of the white. 
SOUTHERN GIANT CURLED. The true curled 
leaf variety. 
Charnpignonbrut. Mousseron. 
Mushrooms are much enjoyed as a table 
.uxury. They may be grown in a variety of 
situations—a dark room, cellar, stable, In sheds, 
inder greenhouse benches—where the tempera- 
nire can be maintained at 50 to 85 degrees. Ten 
founds of spawn are required for ten feet 
tquare. 
Cultural Directions. —Two or three weeks be- 
'ore the bed is to be made, collect a quantity 
of horse manure, free from straw, and mix an 
equal weight of loam from an old pasture with 
it. Place it under cover, turning it over once 
or twice a week until the fiery heat has become 
exhausted. When the manure is in condition to 
be made up, lay out the bed, say three feet wide, 
ten feet long, and make the bed in layers of 
about one foot deep; press it down firmly as the 
process of building goes on. When the bed has 
been made some time, say a week or there¬ 
abouts, and the heat is sufficiently declined to a 
temperature of about 65 or 75 degrees, the spawn 
may be put into it. Break the spawn in pieces 
two inches square, and put them six inches 
apart, all over the bed, then cover the bed with 
two inches of rich soil, not too wet or over- 
dry. Cover the bed with a foot of dried straw 
or hay, and the work it done. If everything goes 
on well, you may expect mushrooms in about 
five or six weeks. Our leaflet on Mushroom 
Culture free on request. 
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