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MAESIIALL'S VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
EGG PLANT 
One ounce will produce about 2,000 plants. 
The Egg-Plant will thrive well in good garden 
soil. The seed should be sown in hot-bed or 
warm green-house in March or April, and when 
about an inch high, put in two-inch i)ots. Idant 
about June J, 2% feet apart. If no hot-bed 
is at hand, they can be-grown in any light room 
■where the temperature Avill average 75 degrees. 
Black Beauty. As large as New York Imin-oved 
but ten days earlier. Very rich purplish black. 
Pkt., 10 cts.; oz.j 40 cts.; 14 lb., $1.25. 
Black Pekin. A^erj^ fine, large globular fruit, of 
a dark, glossy purple color; early, solid. Id^t., 
5 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; % lb., $1.25. 
Long Purple. Emit, longer and smaller than the 
above sort; hardy, productive. Pkt., 5 cts.; 
oz., 25 cts.; 14 lb., 75 cts. 
New York Improved. Purple; the best variety; 
very large, oval, heavy fruit. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 50 cts.; 14 lb., $1.50. 
New York Improved Egg Plant, 
KALE, OR RORECOLE. 
Sow about the middle of April in prepared beds, covering thinly and evenly; plant out in 
June, following the directions recommended for cultivating cabbage. 
Curled Dwarf Green Scotch. Very dwarf and spreading, best strain.$0.05 $0.10 $0.30 
MarshalPs Exhibition Curled. Closely curled leaves.10 .25 .75 
Curled -Dwarf Brown. Very hardy. . ..05 .10 .30 
Curled Siberian Improved. Uniformly dwarf, green curled; hardy.05 .10 .25 
Sea Kale. Very fine; resembles celery.10 .30 .75 
Marshall’s Giant Le^k. 
KOHE-RARI. 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of row. 
Cultivate the same as the cabbage, Init in hoeing be 
careful not to throw earth into the heart of the plant or 
the bulb cannot be formed. 
Per Pkt. 
Oz. 
Lb. 
Early White Vienna. Handsome and 
delicate . 
Early Purple Vienna. Similar to the 
$0.05 
$0.25 
$0.75 
preceding, except in colm-. 
Large White, or Green. Forms a large 
.05 
.25 
.75 
ball; not so fine, but more produc¬ 
tive . 
.05 
.15 
.40 
:r- EEEK. 
One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 
The Leek is very hard and easily cultivated; it suc¬ 
ceeds best in a light but well-enriched soil. Sow as early 
in the Spring as practicable, in drills one inch deep and 
one foot apart. When six or eight inches high, trans¬ 
plant in rows 10 inches apart each way, as deep as 
possible, that the neck, being covei*ed, ma^' be blanched. 
Per Pkt. 
Oz. 
‘/i Lb. 
Marshall s Giant. The largest aiid 
best Leek for exhibition. Highly 
recommended as the choicest va¬ 
riety in cultivation, of a mild and 
delicous flavor . 
$0.10 
$0.40 
$1.00 
Large American Plag. The most 
desirable for market or family use 
.05 
.20 
.60 
Musselburgh, or Carentan. A veiy 
large variety of superior quality 
.05 
.20 
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