EGG PLANT 
A packet of seed will produce about 50 plants; an ounce about 2000 plants. 
This delicious vegetable should be in every garden. It is also a profitable crop to grow for market. 
In sowing Egg Plant seed, care should be taken not to cover it more than 14 in. deep. and to keep the 
temperature from 70 to 90 degrees. For the home garden it is often more satisfactory to buy the plants. 
We offer strong potted plants on page 80. 
The young plants are often injured by insects, and it is a good plan to dust them even before they 
are set in the open ground. New growth should be kept dusted as it appears. Plant in rows 3 feet apart 
each way. The plants do best on rather light rich soil. In the North the seed should be sown in March 
under glass and the plants set out the last of May. 
461 BLACK BEAUTY. Large True Early Strain. This is the kind grown most extensively 
by market gardeners and it is also an excellent type for home gar- 
dens. The fruit are blunt oval in shape, very uniform and are colored a rich deep, purplish black. 
The skin is smooth and glossy making the fruit very handsome. They grow to very large size, but 
may be used when smaller as they are just as tender and delicious at all stages. 
The plants are of robust growth and are very prolific. Our stock is the finest we have ever seen, 
being early and productive and will ripen large crops before frost even in our short seasons. 
Pkt. 15c; % Oz. 35c; Oz. 65c; 14 Lb. $1.90. 
463 EARLY LONG PURPLE. Fine for Home Gardens. An excellent early variety producing 
long fruit of ideal size and shape for slicing. They are oblong in shape growing 6 to 8 inches long 
and 2 or 3 inches through and have a good purple color. The quality is very fine. 
The plants are upright and very good bearers. The fruit are ready to use at least a week earlier 
than Black Beauty and are especially good for home garden use. 
Black Beauty Pkt. 15c; 14 Oz. 35c; Oz. 65c. 
465 NEW HAMPSHIRE HYBRID. Early. Crop Failed. 
ENDIVE 
A packet of seed will sow about 10 feet of row, an ounce 100 feet. 
Endive makes excellent salads, especially in autumn and winter. It is easily grown and takes little 
space in the garden. Sow in rows 18 in. apart, and thin the plants to a foot apart. Endive may be 
planted any time from early spring until July Ist in the Northern states. For fall and winter use the 
seeds should be sown about July Ist. To blanch, draw the outer leaves over the center and tie them 
or they may be blanched by placing a narrow board down the center of the row over the heads. This 
should be done when the plants are nearly full grown. It is best to blanch a few at a time for family use. 
471 DEEP HEART FRINGED. Distinctive New Type. All 
who have grown this new endive Ask for Our 
have been impressed not only by its novel appearance, but by its down- Cultivation 
right fine qualities, It is a strong robust plant with broad leaves, curled Pamphlet Deep Heart Fringed 
at the edge and producing fine deep hearts. The plants are more up- Malactattractivertandidelicnuccclad: 
right than other varieties, so can be more easily blanched by tying. 
In quality it is tender and makes the most appetizing and attractive 478 GREEN CURLED PANCALIER. Full Hearted Strain. Grows 
salads. ey all pry have a row in your garden. It is very easy to grow. larger than Green Curled and the leaves are not quite so finely cut. It 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 4 Lb. 75. ta is later in maturing but when well grown it forms a large full heart of 
fine quality. The blanched heads are an attractive, delicate yellow in 
the heart. Used largely by market growers. Pink Ribbed. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; 144 Lb. 65c. 
477 GREEN CURLED. (Sometimes called “‘Chicory.’’) The leaves 
are large and finely cut and curled and easily blanch to a creamy 
white in the center. This is a most popular curled variety. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; 44 Lb. 65c. 
475 FLORIDA DEEP HEART. Has large broad leaves, which make a 
heavy plant with a full deep heart. Closely resembles Full Heart 
Batavian and is one of the best broad leaved varieties. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; 144 Lb. 65c. 
473 FULL HEART BATAVIAN (Escarole). Large, thick leaves, dark 
green, curled slightly on the edges. Forms a large compact head with 
a full heart which blanches to a beautiful creamy yellow and is of the 
finest quality, being very mild and without bitterness. Broad leaves. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 25c; 14 Lb. 65c. 




Large deep purple fruits of fine quality. 





Full Heart Batavian Green Curled 
386 ‘‘French Endive” or Witloof Chicory 
Special Selected Stock 
An ounce of seed will produce 3000 to 5000 roots, a packet 300 to 500 roots 
This so-called ‘“French Endive” or more properly Witloof Chicory is a 
most appetizing and delicious salad and is so easily raised that everyone 
can enjoy it all winter with very little trouble. Seed sown in May or June 
produces roots which, when taken up, trimmed and placed in sand in a 
warm dark place in the winter, throw out large tender white sprouts 
which are used as salad. These sprouts are commonly called ‘‘French 
Endive.” 
The seed we offer is the best strain we know, being grown by us on our 
own farm from especially selected roots and will produce large compact 

heads which often weigh over 4 |b. each. : LCS Oe ea a 
Pkt. 15¢; % Oz. 30c; Oz. 55c; 14 Lb. $1.65. French Endive—Forced Heads of Witloof Chicory 
Full directions for raising the crop will be sent to anyone interested. A delightful winter salad. Easily grown. 
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