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LEONARD SEED COMPANY, CHICAGO 
Dandelion 
CUCUMBERS—Continued. 
DAVIS PERFECT. In color, a dark glossy green; shape slim and sym- 
metrical, with an average length of 10 to 12 inches. Ready in 65 days. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 lb., 80c. 
Japanese Climbing. While all Cucumbers are running vines, yet this 
variety is much more creeping and climbing in its habit. Fruits edible in 
64 days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 lb., 75c. 
White Wonder. Fruit produced in clusters, color ivory white from time 
of forming until maturity. Ready in 70 days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 30c; 14 
lb., 80c. 
Egg Plant 
LEONARD’S IMPROVED NEW YORK PURPLE (Spineless). 
Very large and smooth, fine dark color. Ours is the spineless plant, most 
preferred by market gardeners, both east and west. We have made the 
most careful selection possible of our stock plants, and know it to be 
unsurpassed for the market. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; 14 lb., $1.50. 
Black Beauty. The fruits are rich dark purple, large and symmetrical, ma¬ 
turing a little earlier than Improved New York Purple but usually not quite 
as large. A very desirable sort for the market as the fruit holds its color a 
long time. Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; 14 lb., $1.50. 
Florida High Bush. The fruits of this variety are borne higher off the 
ground than other varieties, which is advantageous in keeping out “rot” and 
“blight.” The plants are strong and stand unfavorable weather conditions 
remarkably well. The fruits are of uniform dark purple color. Pkt., 10c; 
oz., 50c; 14 lb., $1.50. 
Improved Thick Leaved. 
One of the earliest and best 
greens in cultivation. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 75c. 
Culture. Treat the Egg Plant like a tender tomato that requires even a longer period to 
mature. After cabbage plants are out of the hotbed or greenhouse, which is April, sow egg' 
plant, keeping even the night temperature above seventy degrees. One ounce of seed gives two 
thousand plants, and four ounces plant an acre. Transplant later to pots or to a three or four 
inch stand, and when corn is shoe high, put eggplant outside on rich, well drained land. Set 
the plants two feet apart in fourToot rows, shading or watering the plants if it is sunny or dry 
Early Improved White 
Endive 
Green Curled. Beautifully curled, tender and crisp. Pkt., 
10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 45c. 
Moss Curled. More finely curled, and a heavier and more 
dense plant than Green Curled. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 
lb., 45c. 
White Curled. Very tender when cut young; blanches 
readily. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 45c. 
Broad-Leaved Batavian. (Escarolle). This variety 
is chiefly used in soups and stews; requires to be tied up 
in blanching. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 14 lb., 45c. 
French Endive. See Witloof Chicory. 
Culture. Endive, or winter lettuce, used as a salad, as greens or garnish' 
ing, is usually planted one'fourth inch deep in a seed bed in mid'Sum' 
mer, and when convenient after a month transplanted to stand one foot 
apart in eighteen'inch rows. When almost grown and about two weeks 
before ready to use, it is blanched by tying the leaves together with soft 
cord, or the blanching is done by turning a flower pot or tile over each 
plant, or by blanching with earth, like celery. The blanching removes the 
green plant’s acrid taste. The plant may be, but seldom is, used as an 
early spring crop. Three to five pounds of seed plant an acre. 
Ernjive—Green Curled. 
