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Pickling Varieties 
NATIONAL PICKLING 54-56 days 
This variety was originally developed by the National 
Pickle Packers Association and is the best all-around pickler. 
The pickles are dark green, cylindrical, and are blocky at 
both ends in all stages of growth. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 |b. 
60c¢; Ib. $1.75. 
BOSTON PICKLING 58-60 days 
A standard black spine pickler, early, with slightly tapered 
fruits. Not as uniform a cropper as National Pickle. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 20c; Ya Ib. 60c; Ib. $1.75. 
= EGG PLANT -- 
Culture. Egg plant thrives in a rich warm sandy soil. Start the seed in the 
hothouse and transplant into boxes or small pots. Set out in the open after 
the middle of May, in rows three feet apart and two feet in the row. Egg 
Plants will not stand frost. An ounce of seed is enough for 200 plants; four 
ounces per acre. The number of days refers to time from setting plants to 
maturity. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE HYBRID 
ALEAMERKA,AS) SELECTION Silver Medal 1939 68-73 days 
This very early highly productive egg plant is a little 
smaller than Black Beauty which it resembles, but ideal size 
for table use. It is the earliest large fruited Egg Plant. Pkt. 
20c; oz. 65c; % Ib. $2.00. 
BLACK BEAUTY 80-85 days 
The most popular variety and the kind grown most ex- 
tensively by market gardeners. The fruit is large and hand- 
some and of a deep rich dark purple color. The plants are of 
robust growth and are very prolific, bearing 4 to 6 fruits on 
each bush. Our stock is early, ripening large crops before 
frost. Pkt. 20c; oz. 75c; Y% Ib. $2.50. 
FORT MYERS MARKET 85-90 days 
The plants are of the high bush type, producing very tall 
vigorous growth. The fruits are intense purple black, long egg 
shape without neck, smooth, very glossy, excellent type for 
shipping from the South. Pkt. 20c; oz. 40c; “% Ib. $1.75. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH 85-90 days 
This is a very heavy yielding stock. The plants are vigorous, 
tall and upright in growth, holding all the fruit well off the 
ground, thus preventing rot. They resist drought, blight and 
wet weather better than most other varieties. The fruits are 
elongated, cylindrical in shape, and of a dark purplish 
color. Pkt. 20c; oz. 65c; % Ib. $1.90. 
EARLY LONG PURPLE 75-80 days 
Extra early, bearing slender, pear-shaped fruits 6 to 7 
inches long, dark purple in color. It is chiefly used as an early 
market variety. Pkt. 20c; oz. 60c; “4 Ib. $1.75. 
CHICAGO PICKLING (Westerfield) 59-62 days 
This strain is very prolific and heavily spined at pickling stage. The pickles 
are uniform, cylindrical, medium green and square ended. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; 
Ya |b. 60c; Ib. $1.75. 
EARLY CLUSTER 55-58 days 
An extra early, small fruited pickler, black spined. It is popular for early 
slicing as well as for pickling. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; %4 Ib. 60c; Ib. $1.75. 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN OR BURR 59-62 days 
This variety makes excellent pickles when used very young. The mature 
fruits are thin fleshed and filled with seed. The young pickles are pale to 
medium green, small, oval, very heavily spined and used for melon pickles. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % Ib. 65c; Ib. $2.00. 
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Culture. Sow for early use about April 15th, or for main crop, in June or 
July. Sow seed in rows 14 to 20 inches apart, and when well established, thin 
to one plant per foot. When nearly ful! grown, blanch by tying the leaves 
together. One ounce of seed for 150 feet of row; 4 to 5 pounds per acre. 
FULL HEART BATAVIAN 
Silver Medal 1934 85-90 days 
The plant is medium large with a very compact, full heart; 
the leaves broad and well blanched. An improved Batavian 
of very fine quality. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % Ib. 75c; lb. $2.50. 
LARGE GREEN CURLED 
(Red Ribbed) 96-100 days 
The leaves are large, finely cut, and curled and easily 
blanch to a creamy white in the center. This is a most popu- 
lar curled variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % Ib. 60c; Ib. $1.85. 
GREEN CURLED RUFFEC 96-100 days 
A large, late variety with finely curled, compact heart and 
thick, white ribs. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % Ib. 75c; Ib. $2.50. 

Full Heart Batavian Endive 
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