B'ack Beauty 
Egs Plant 

EGG PLANT 
_ Egg Plant is a native of Africa. Years ago in the Southern States it was called ‘*Guinea Squash.”’’ 
One ounce of seed will provide enough plants for one-eighth of an acre. Matures for table in 
about 125 days after sprouting. Seed breaks ground in 9 days. One inch high in 12 days under 
most favorable circumstances in greenhouse. 
This fruit is one of the finest for the garden on the market. Plants are a little difficult to raise, owing 
to the fact that the seed germinates slowly. Should always be started in a hotbed, or on a window ledge in 
the house. After the plants show two rough leaves they should be transplanted 3 to 4 inches apart to give 
them room to develop, so that after they have gotten sturdy they can be planted in the open garden. If the 
ground is rich with proper fertilizer, with care it will not be difficult to produce first-class fruit six to seven 
inches in diameter. 
About 5000 plants are required to set an acre. The plants will produce an average of 4 to 5 fruit— 
sometimes 10—weighing 5 to 6 pounds. Our selection of seed is taken from the best fruit that can be grown 
and we have no hesitancy in recommending our seed as unsurpassed. 
Black Beauty—125 Days. This variety is earlier 
than the Landreths’ Large Round Purple, but it is 
slightly smaller. It is very popular because it does 
not lose its black color. 
LANDRETHS’ LARGE ROUND PURPLE—130 
Days. It is productive, vigorous, the fruit often 
reaching a weight of 10 to 12 pounds. Fruit may be 
described as chunky, broad at the bottom, flattened 
—diameter nearly equal to the length. Color when 
grown on soil of proper quality a deep purple, often 
appearing almost black, although not as black as 
the Black Beauty. | 
New York Improved—130 Days. This is probably 
the oldest and best known variety on the market. 
A hundred and fifty-seven years ago David 
Landreth, an English Seed Grower, estab- 
lished a Seed Farm in Philadelphia.’ | Since 
that date the business of the establishment has 
annually increased, until now its seed supplies 
are drawn from all parts of the United States 
and parts of Europe. 
The land devoted to growing Landreths’ 
Garden Seeds comprises thousands of acres. 
The distribution of seeds by Landreths’ 
extends not only all over the United States 
but abroad. In the West Indies, South Africa, 
It is early, produces 4 to 6 very large fruit of ex- 
cellent quality. The fruit is better if grown on a 
sandy loam. 
Florida High Bush—130 Days. We cannot 
recommend this variety nearly as highly as we do 
the Landreths’ Large Round Purple, or Black 
Beauty, although it is very popular in some sections. 
The fruit is not as large nor as round as the New 
York Improved. Vines 26 to 32 inches, more vigor- 
ous, and a continuous bearer. 
Manatee Special—115 Days. A distinct Florida 
development, evidently a cross between a Florida 
High Bush and Black Beauty. The fruit is shorter 
and thicker than the High Bush. 
China, Japan and British India, Landreths’ 
Seeds are as well known as they are in America. 
Shipments have been made for over 100 years 
to India, to which place last April twenty 
tons in tin lined boxes were shipped. 
During the First World War ten tons of 
Landreths’ Seeds, in air tight tin lined boxes, 
on their way from Bristol, Penna., to Calcutta 
were sent to the bottom of the Mediterranean 
when the ship carrying the seed was torpedoed 
by a German Submarine. Losses in the present 
war have already been heavy. 

SEED COMPANY 

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