VEGETABLE AND FLOWER SEEDS , ETC . 
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ENDIVE. 
German, (Snbi&ie. French, Ch coi'ee. 
Endive is one of the best salads for 
fall and winter use. Sow, for an 
early supply, about the middle of 
April. As it is used mostly in the 
fall months, the main sowings are 
made in June and July, from which 
plantations are formed at one foot 
apart each way, in August and Sep¬ 
tember. It requires no special soil or 
manure, and after planting is kept 
clean of weeds until the plant has 
attained its full size, when the pro¬ 
cess of blanching begins. This is 
effected by gathering up the leaves 
and tying them by their tips in a con¬ 
ical form with bass matting. This 
excludes the light and air from the 
inner leaves, which in the course of 
three to six weeks, according to the 
temperature at the time, become 
blanched. Another and simpler meth¬ 
od consists in covering up the plants, 
as they grow, with slats or boards, 
which serves the same purpose, by 
excluding the light, as the tying up. 
ENDIVE, WHITE CURLED. Pkt. CtS. 
Moss Curled, a beautiful curled variety of fine quality; oz. 20c.5 
White Curled, fine for table use when young ; pale green in color ; oz. 15c-5 
Green Curled, winter, popular both as a salad and for garnishing ; oz. loc... 5 
Broad-Leaved Green Batavian (Escarolle), has broad, thick, plain or 
slightly wrinkled leaves, forming large heads ; oz. 15c. 5 
Broad-Leaved White, or Lettuce Leaved, similar to above, except in 
color ; oz. 15c. .^ 
IMPROVED N. Y. PURPLE, 
matures early. Makes a 
EGG PLANT. 
German, (5ierpflan$e. French, Aubergine . 
The Egg Piant is extremely tender and requires 
starting in a hot-bed quite early in order to have the 
fruit mature before frost. The fruit is served in 
various waj s, but the most common is to cut in slices, 
soak for an hour in salt water, and then fry in butter. 
It is yearly more generally cultivated. Sow early in 
hot-bed, or in a box in the house ; when the plants are 
three or four inches high, transplant to two feet apart 
in very rich, warm, dry soil. Pkt. Cts. 
Improved New York Purple, extra large and 
productive. Oz. 40c.5 
Early Long Purple, productive ; 8 to 12 inches 
in length. Oz. 15c...5 
White, of an ivory whiteness. Oz. 50c. 5 
Black Pekin, round and jet black, very solid, and 
fine contrast with the white. Oz. 40c. 5 
GARLIC. 
German, $noblaud). 
The Garlic belongs to tht Onion family and is much in favor with German 
neonle especially for flavoring soups and meats. Should be planted early in spring 
in a light rich soil, in rows one foot apart and Irom three to five inches apart in the 
row. Cover two inches deep. Treat as onions. We furnish the bulbs only, each of 
which includes several germs, which should be planted separately. One pound 
will plant about ten feet of row. N Gaihc bulbs, per lb. 40c,, i lb- 15c. 
