Cress 
The leaves form spicy spring salads, and are also used for 
garnishing. Sow thickly in shallow drills in early spring, and 
at intervals for continual supply, as it soon runs to seed.’ 
Extra-Curled or Pepper-Grass. 40 days. Of pleasant 
pungent flavor; leaves can be cut several times; grows well 
in almost any soil. 
Water Cress. 50 days. Tender, crisp, and spicy when young. 
Plant of prostrate habit. A perennial aquatic, which grows 
well in any stream, forming large beds of leaves. 
Dandelion 
Furnishes an early and most healthy crop of spring greens. 
Sow in rich soil, in rows about a foot apart; cover them only 
Mmch deep and firm the soil down. Thin to 10 inches apart 
in the rows, that the roots may grow large and solid. The 
planting-time in this section of the country is about August 1. 
Improved American Thick-leaved. 50 days. 
Italian (Ciccona catalogna ). 
Eggplant 
Sow the seed in hotbed early in March, transplant to small 
pots, and plunge them in the same beds; this is to make them 
strong and stocky. They should not be planted out in rows 
Un i or -J une » when the weather becomes warm and 
settled, as cool nights and wet weather will check their growth. 
Set the plants in rows 3 feet apart each way, and give them a 
thorough cultivation, drawing the earth up to the stems when 
j ' < r Ul: a Fiigh; it is well to keep some plants in 
the hotbed for replanting. Repeated sowings are sometimes 
necessary, as the seed does not germinate freely without 
strong and uniform heat. 
One ounce of seed will produce 2,000 plants; 4 ounces an acre 
Black Beauty. 110 to 125 days. The leading market variety, 
strong and productive in habit. The fruits are deep purple, 
large and smooth, entirely free from thorns, and the flesh’ 
is white, tender, and delicately flavored. The plant is robust 
and a good yielder on all rich soils. 
Improved Long Purple. 124 days. An early, hardy, and 
prolific variety with fruits of excellent quality, 6 to 10 inches 
m length and 2 to 3 inches in diameter. Rich dark purple 
New York Large Improved Purple. 130 days. Large, deep 
purple, egg-shaped fruits of fine quality. Very prolific. A 
favorite both for the market-garden and for family use. 
Curled Endive 
Endive (The Winter Salad) 
This is an important fall and winter salad. For early crop 
the seed should be sown in April, in drills 15 inches apart, and 
the seedlings thinned to stand a foot apart in the rows. Sow¬ 
ings for the main crop can be made in June and July, as the 
vegetable is used principally in fall and winter. 
Sow 1 / 4 ounce of seed to 100 feet of drill; 4'/ 2 pounds an acre 
Full Heart Batavian. 45 days. The broad, thick leaves 
make excellent salads when blanched. The plant is very 
hardy, and yields heavier crops than other sorts. 
Green Curled. 40 days. The one most generally cultivated, 
ark green, curled leaves, and, when blanched, very crisp 
and tender; ready for use earlier than the other sorts. 
PRICES OF CRESS 
Ejc tra-Curled or Pepper-Grass. 
Water Cress. 
PRICES OF DANDELION 
Improved American Thick-leaved. 
Italian. 
PRICES OF EGGPLANT 
Black Beauty. 
Improved Long Purple. 
New York Large Improved Purple. 
PRICES OF ENDIVE 
Full Heart Batavian. 
Green Curled. 
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$0 15 
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$0 40 
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30 Vegetable Seeds 
W. E. BARRETT CO., Providence, R. I, 
