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JLosif? Green 'White Spine. This is a variety selected from an 
imported forcing cucumber. It is good for forcing or open ground ; 
very productive, keeps its green color, and has few vines. This vari¬ 
ety can not be excelled for shipping. 
West I Gherkin. This is an oval variety, small in size. 
It is used for pickling when young and tender. When grown to its 
full size it can be stewed with meat. In fact, this is the only use made 
of it about New Orleans. 
EGG-PLANT. 
Aubergine (Fr.), Eierpflanze (Gor. i, Bf.rengena (Sp.). 
The seed should be sown in hot-beds in the early part of January. 
When a couple of inches high they should be transplanted into another 
frame, so that the plants may become strong and robust. When 
warm enough, generally during March, the plants can be placed in 
the open ground, about two and a half feet apart. This vegetable is 
very popular in tho South, and extensively cultivated. 
Large Purple Egg-Plant. 
Large Purple* or New Orleans Market. This is the only 
kind grown here; it is large, oval in shape and of a dark purple color, 
and very productive. Southern grown seed of this, as of a good many 
other tropical or sub-tropical vegetables, is preferable to Northern 
seed, as it will germinate more readily, and the plant will last longer 
during the hot season. 
ENDIVE. 
Chicopee (Fr.), Endivien (Ger.), Endibia (Sp.). 
A salad plant which is very popular and much cultivated for the 
market, principally for summer use. It can be sown in drills a foot 
apart, and, when the plants are well up, thinned out till about eight 
inches apart. Or it can be sown broad-cast thinly and transplanted 
the same as Lettuce. When the leaves are large enough, say about 
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