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Eggplant 
Culture. Treat the Eggplant 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 Eggplant, keeping even 
the night temperature above 70 degrees. One ounce of seed gives 
2000 plants, and 4 ounces plant an acre. Transplant later to pots 
or to a 3' or 4'inch stand, and when corn is shoe-high, put Eggplant 
outside on rich, well-drained land. Set the plants 2 feet apart in 
4-ft. rows, shading or watering the plants if it is sunny or dry. 
Number of days given is time required from setting plants to 
marketable fruit. 
Dandelion 
IMPROVED LARGE LEAVED. Thick leaves and 
deep green color makes this far superior to the un¬ 
cultivated plant. It is compact with an upright, 
regular tuft at the center. Pkt., 10c; oz., 75c. 
Kale or Borecole 
NEW YORK IMPROVED PUR¬ 
PLE SPINELESS. (93 days). 
Plant makes a 2'foot growth, 
rather inclined to spread. Fruit 
oval, 6x8 inches, and tapered 
some towards top. Good color 
though not so dark as Black 
Beauty. It is a very heavy pro¬ 
ducer of large fruits. Unsurpassed 
for the home garden. 
BLACK BEAUTY. (90 days). The 
fruit is a rich, dark purple, large 
and symmetrical, maturing a lit¬ 
tle earlier than Improved New 
York Purple, but usually n^t 
quite so large. A very desirable 
sort for the market as the fruit 
holds its color a long time. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH. (94 
days). Plant upstanding in 
growth, bears the fruit off the 
ground; fruit elongated and cylin¬ 
drical, is purple in color. Highly 
resistant to blight and drought. 
ALL EGGPLANT PRICES: 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 50c; M lb., ^1.50. 
Endive 
BROAD LEAF BATAVIAN — 
ESCAROLLE. (90 days). One 
the best varieties for salads. 
Leaves of upright growth, broad, 
more or less twisted and waved; 
bright deep green, with a nearly 
white mid-rib. Inner leaves form 
a fair head which blanches a 
creamy white. Here is something 
“different,” yet delicious for the 
home garden. 
GREEN CURLED. (9? days). 
New York Improved Purple Eggplant 
Early White Vienna Kohlrabi 
Culture. In Virginia, Kale planted in 
late August has some of its plants thinned 
out and sent to market within sixty days, 
and the cutt’ng then continues until the 
field is clean in April. Further north. Kale 
is treated like a cabbage, that is, planted 
early in spring in hotbeds or out-of-doors, 
and is used in the fall when light frosts have 
improved it. Kale is sown in two- and 
three-foot drills and then thinned to six to 
twenty-four inches, according to varieties. 
One ounce sows generously one hundred 
yards and four pounds plant an acre. 
DWARF CURLED SCOTCH. (55 
days). Plant low and compact, 
but with large, bright, deep green 
leaves, curled, cut, and crimped 
until the whole plant resembles a 
bunch of moss. One of the best 
and most dependable types, 
when grown and cooked is one 
of the most palatable of vegeta¬ 
bles. Used as greens. 
SIBERIAN OR SPROUTS. (65 
days). In this variety the very 
large, green leaves are compara¬ 
tively plain in the center, but 
coarsely cut and frilled on the 
edge. The plant is low but spread¬ 
ing and very hardy. 
TALL CURLED SCOTCH. (60 
days). About 30 inches tall, with 
an abundance of dark green 
leaves, which are densely curled 
and cut, forming a very beautiful 
plant. It stands the winter in the 
middle states without any pro¬ 
tection. 
ALL KALE PRICED AT: 
Pkt., 10c; M lb., 25c. 
Kohlrabi 
Culture. Plant in 18- to 24-inch rows as 
early as the ground can be worked in the 
spring, thinning out to stand 4 inches apart 
in the row. Bulbs should be used when they 
are 2 to 25/2 inches in diameter and cooked 
same as turnips. Sometimes planted in hot¬ 
beds and transplanted for very early matur¬ 
ing Kohlrabi. One-third ounce plants 100 
feet and 4 pounds an acre. Number of days 
given is from planting to edible bulbs. 
EARLY WHITE VIENNA FORC- 
ING. An extra early variety 
making bulbs 2-21/2 inches in 55 
to 60 days after seed is sown 
outdoors. Has very few short 
leaves. Bulbs are sweet and ten¬ 
der. 
Plant 16 to 18 inches in diameter, 
tufty and full in center; mid-rib 
an inch broad, thick, white, tender and fleshy, branches readily. Good 
fall variety. 
MOSS CURLED. (95 days). More finely curled, with a heavier and more 
dense plant than Green Curled. 
WHITE CURLED. (100 days). The divided leaves are of a very light 
yellowish-green color which blanches almost white. 
FULL HEART BATAVIAN. (88 days). An improved strain of Broad 
Leaved Batavian, with larger leaf and broader, thicker head at eating 
stage; earlier in maturity. The plant is medium large with compact, well- 
blanched heart of infolded broad leaves, thick and buttery in texture. 
Excellent for market gardeners and shippers. 
FRENCH ENDIVE. (See Witloof Chicory). 
ALL ENDIVE PRICED AT: Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; M lb., 45c. 
Culture. Endive or winter lettuce, used as a salad, as greens, or garnishing, is usually 
planted one-fourth inch deep in a seed bed in mid-summer, and when convenient after a 
month transplanted to stand 1 foot apart in 18-inch rows. When almost grown and about 2 
weeks before ready to use, it is blanched by tying 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. 
Number of days are from planting seed to edible stage. 
EARLY PURPLE VIENNA 
FORCING. (60 days). Bluish 
purple, similar to Early White 
Vienna Forcing except in color. 
ALL KOHLRABI PRICED AT: 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; M lb., 80c. 
