DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE., 
Early White Spine. 
fruit uniformly straight and handsome, light green, 
with a few white prickles ; flesh tender and of excellent 
flavor. 
D. M. Ferry & Co’s Perfection Pickling.—This 
variety is not only the best for pickles, but is one of the 
best for the table. Vines vigorous, producing their 
fruit early and very abundantly ; fruit about twelve 
inches long, of very distinct form, having three distinct 
ribs; color dark green which they retain as pickles; 
flesh very crisp and tender. 
Bismark 
Bismark.— The result of careful selection of the best 
plants for many years ; fruit very constant in color and 
uniformly well formed and handsome. 
London Long Green. —Vine vigorous, and a good 
bearer ; fruit about one foot long, pointed at both ends; 
flesh firm and crisp, and the young fruit makes a very 
hard and brittle pickle. 
Long Green. — Fruit shorter than the above, and 
makes a good pickle, but is less crisp and tender. 
Improved Long Green 
Improved Long Green. Produced by selection 
from the l»ndon Long Green. Vines vigorous and pro- 
<fm tive, forming fruit fit for the table nearly as early as 
the shorter sorts ; fruit about twelve inches long, firm 
and crisp, with very few seeds. The young fruit makes 
one of the best of pickles, while the ripe are the best of 
any for sweet pickles. 
Boston Pickling.—A distinct variety which has ob¬ 
tained a great degree of popularity in Boston markets 
a« a pickle. It is medium long, and a great producer. 
Gherkin, for Pickles.—-A very small, oval shaped, 
prickly variety, having somewhat the appearance of a 
burr. It is grown exclusively for pickling ; is the small¬ 
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est of all the varieties, and should always be pickled 
when young and tender. The seed !s slow »o germi¬ 
nate. 
EGG PLANT. 
Fr. Aubergine. — Ger. Cierpjlanze. 
The Egg Plant, when well grown and properly cooked, 
is one of the most delicious garden vegetables, and 
although the plant is so very tender, it should find a 
place in every garden. 
Culture. — In this, as in all sub-tropical plants, it is 
of importance to secure a rapid and continuous growth 
from the first, the plants never recovering from a check 
received when young. Sow the seed quite thickly in a 
good hot-bed, and when they have formed two rough 
leaves, transplant to three or four inches apart. Keep 
the bed closed and very warm, shading from the direct 
rays of the sun, and giving abundance of water until all 
danger from not onlv frost, but from cold nights is past, 
and the ground is warm. Then harden ofi the plants 
by gradual exposure to the sun and air, and decrease 
the supply of water, and tarcy'uliy transplant into very 
warm, rich soil, setting the plants two and a half feet 
apart. If needed, shade the young plants, and protect 
them from the potato bug which is very fond of them, and 
if not prevented, will soon destroy the young plants. 
Early Long Purple.—This is one of the earliest va¬ 
rieties ; very hardy and productive ; fruit long and of 
superior quality . good for general culture 1 . 
Black Pekin. 
Black Pekin.- Nearly as early as the F'.arly Long 
Purple, and as large as the later varieties. Nearly 
round ; skin black, glossy and smooth ; more prolific 
and delicate than the old varieties. Weighs eight to 
ten pounds ; flesh fine 
grained and white. 
Very desirable for mar¬ 
ket gardener’s use. 
Large New York 
Purple . — I’arge, 
round, of excellent 
quality; later than the 
preceding, and highly 
esteemed in the New 
York market. 
D. M. Ferry & Co’s Improved 
Large Purple. 
D. M. Ferry & 
Co’s Improved 
Large Purple. The 
best variety in cultiva¬ 
tion ; fruit remarkably 
large often measuring 
