DANDELION 
One ounce will plant a row 100 feet long; 4 to 6 lbs. for an acre. 
ip) . This variety of Dandelion is a perennial 
Tait Ss Thorobred Cabbaging. and can be cut very early in the spring, as 
the leaves are among the first to appear. Sow one-half inch deep in July or 
August in rows 18 inches apart, leaving 9 to 12 inches between the plants. 
Cultivate well throughout the growing season, and do not attempt to cut at all 
until the following spring. An improved thick leaf variety and the favorite with 
the market gardeners. The thick, fleshy leaves are of especially good flavor, 
blanching almost naturally. Pkt., 15c; 0z., 60c; 14 lb., $1.75; 1b., $6.00, postpaid. 
Italian Dandelion. (See Asparagus Chicory, Ciccuria Catalogna, Page 16.) 
DILL 
(Antheum Graveolens). An annual with seeds of the peculiar pungent taste, 
often added to pickling cucumbers to heighten the flavor. Pkt., 10c; oz., 60c. 
EGGPLANT 
One ounce will plant a row 100 feet long; 6 ounces will produce sufficient 
plants to set an acre. 5 
Culture: As the seeds are not of vigorous germination and require much 
greater heat than is necessary or desirable for other plants, they should be 
carefully sown in a greenhouse or specially prepared hotbed. Sow one-fourth 
of an inch deep in February or early March. When 2 or 3 inches high, set the 
plants out in small pots to induce stockiness, and if possible, transplant again 
a into a larger size, since with every ate ae the ae Mae ates Ul. Our 
Norfolk growers use a basket about inches square, without a bottom, made 
Black Beauty Eggplant by folding a slat that comes for that purpose, so as to be easily removed when 
the plants are set in the field. Do not risk setting out the plants 
in the open ground too early, as a single cold night will sometimes 
seriously check the growth and probably cause the first blossoms 
to drop. When the weather has turned permanently warm, set them 
in the field in rows 4 feet wide, leaving 3 feet between plants. Out- 
door sowing Baur enc be eae before ni i 4 Pei 
days). The most popular variety along e 
Black Beauty. entire ets and especially valued on account of 
its earliness. The fruit is somewhat egg-shaped, and the color such 
a rich dark purple that the name of “Black Beauty” is quite justi- 
fied. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 75c; %4 lb., vaihaadl Le text von ar a: ears 
ae . days) lhes fruit o is 
Tait’s Thorobred Perfection. $27; 4 vesuiar oval, very 
smooth and rarely showing any tinge of yellow or red, the bright 
purple skin having almost the lustre of satin. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 75c; 
4 lb., $2.00; lb., $7.50, DOE TD AtA: a . ; nae 
° = (85 days). out the same color as Tait’s 
Florida High Bush. Perfection, but not as early. This variety 
is liked by market gardeners in the extreme South, especially 
Florida. It is very hardy, productive, and stands shipping well. 
Pkt., 10c; oz., 65c; 14 lb., a lb., $6.50, postpaid. ; 3 
38 days). This variety was evelope 
Fort Myers Market. for the far south. The plants are tall, 
vigorous, quite resistant to disease, and carry the fruits off the : 
ground. The long black oval fruits have no neck at the stem end, Ciera ea a j 
and produce over a long season. Pkt., 10c; oz., 75c; % Ilb., $2.00; Full Heart Batavian Endive 
2 gro postpala. Ma 
One ounce will plant a row 100 feet long; 4 lbs. for an acre. 
One pound will produce enough plants to set an acre. 
Culture: Sow one-fourth inch deep from April to Sept., in 18-inch 
rows; thin plants when about 2 inches high to 10 inches in the row. 
Cultivate about the same a lettuce. R i 
° 5 days). distinctly improved form of 
Full Heart Batavian. broad leaf Batavian or Escarolle. The heads 
are 18 inches across, with deep, full, compact, well blanched hearts of 
infolded thick broad leaves of splendid quality. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 
% lb., 40c; 1lb., $1.50, postpaid. 
(90 days). The standard variety, very hardy, with 
Green Curled. deep green leaves that do not require tying up to 
blanch. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; 1% 1b., 35c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
White Curled (95 days). Very similar to Green Curled, but with 
* light green leaves that do not require tying up to 
blanch. Pkt., 10c; oz., 15c; % Ihb., 35c; lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
FLORENCE FENNEL 
(Finnochio) 
A delicious vegetable which tastes quite like celery, but sweeter and 
more delicate in flavor. Sow at intervals from March to July % an 
HORSE inch deep, and 18 inches apart, and when the plants are large enough, 
thin to 8 inches in the row and cultivate frequently. The enlarged 
leaf-bases are usually boiled in preparation for the table, but the 
RADISH bottom and stalk are blanched by drawing the earth up to them like 
: celery. Thissis usually done when the enlargement of leaf stalk at 
Maliner Kren A remarkable Bohemian base is about the size of a hen’s egg, and in about 10 days cutting 
* variety with enormous may begin and continue as the plants increase in growth. Pkt. 10c; 
roots that are almost pure white, and of 0z., 20c; % I1b., 70c; lb., $2.50, postpaid. 
peculiarly fine flavor. Dozen, 50c; 100 .50. ! : 
postpaid. y ¥ Death Gherkin. 




Green Curled Endive 
(See Cucumber.) 

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