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under side; stem blackish, mottled with grayish specks; calyx blackish 
purple, very rough and somewhat spiny, the pointed divisions 
irregular in number. 
A very popular variety. The fruit matures rather earlier than that 
of the New York Improved, and is considered superior to it in flavor. 
The plants are also more productive. 
Correctly figured in Album de Cliches, Vil., No. 47,043. 
No. 2. EARLY DWARF PURPLE, Veg. Gar. 
Syn. Early Bound Violet, Dam., '86: Extra Early Dwarf Purple, Thor., 
'83, '86: Very Early < Dwarf Purple, Greg., '84, '85, '86: Fr., Aubergine 
violette naine tres native, VIL. : Ger., Violette sehr fruhe Zwerg-Eierfrucht 
A. de CI. 
Fruit small, obovate, dull, very dark purple, pale green where 
covered by the calyx; well developed samples 4 in. long, 2 J in. in 
diameter; flowers deep purple, peduncle swollen toward the fruit, and 
with the calyx on ripe fruit, has a slightly shriveled appearance ; — 
plant low and branching; leaves slightly grayish green, elongated, 
thickly dotted on both sides with minute purplish specks, veins and 
petioles blackish purple, the latter sometimes slightly spiny. 
The earliest variety extant, maturing its fruits three or four weeks 
before any other. The plants are remarkably productive, sometimes 
yielding a dozen fruits each, and their very dwarf habit makes them 
particularly adapted to frame culture. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 26; Veg. Gar., p. 232. 
No. 3. NEW YORK IMPROVED, Burr; Hen.; Veg. Gar.; Vil. 
Syn. Ferry's Improved Large Purple, Fer., '83: Monstrous of New York, 
Dam., ' 86 : New York Improved Large Purple, Brill : New York Improved 
Purple, Hen., ' 85 ; H. & W., ' 85 : New York Improved Bound Purple, Greg., 
86 : New York Purple, Thor., ' 86 ; Veg. Gar. : Fr., Aubergine de New York, 
Seg. Gar. : A. monstreuse de New York, A. de CI. : A. violette de New 
York, Vil. : Ger., Violette sehr grosse Amerikanische Eierfrucht, A. de CI. 
Resembles in general character the Round Purple, but the plant is 
more dwarf, of a more grayish green, and the fruit a shade paler in 
color. Fruit roundish, usually with a slight basin at the end opposite 
the stem, glossy purple, well developed samples about 6 in. in 
diameter in both directions; flesh nearly solid, the seed cavity very 
small; calyx pale green, scarcely spiny, irregularly cleft; — plant 12 to 
15 in. high, compact, stocky, rather spreading, usually producing 
about 2 fruits; leaves numerous and large, nearly concealing the 
stem and fruit, flat, distinctly lobed, the younger ones with undulate 
borders ; stem stocky, and with the petioles, ribs and veins very 
