EGG PLANT 
A packet of seed will produce about 50 plants; an ounce about 2000 plants. 
In sowing Egg Plant seed, care should be taken not to cover it more than 14 inch 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 74. 
The young plants are often injured by insects, and it is a good plan to dust with Sulrote (see page 79) 
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. ae True Early Strain. This is the kind grown most extensively 
by market gardeners and it is also an excellent type for home gardens. 
very uniform and are colored a rich deep, purplish black. The skin 
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 each plant bears several large fruit. Our stock is the finest we know, being early and productive. 
The fruit are blunt oval in shape, v: 
is smooth and glossy, 
Pkt. 15¢e; 4% Oz. 40c; Oz. 75¢; 14 Lb. $2.05. 
465 NEW HAMPSHIRE HYBRID. The Earliest Egg Plant. This variety ripens two or 
three weeks before other kinds and is a real acquisition 
to growers who have difficulty raising egg plant in the North. The fruit is oval or egg-shaped and carries 
a fine purple color. It is a little smaller than Black Beauty but of ideal size for table use. 
The most remarkable characteristics are its earliness and large yield. We have counted as many 
as 8 to 10 good fruits and several small ones on a single plant. The quality is excellent. Altogether 
this is a fine variety to grow in the home garden and we highly recommend it. 
Pkt. 15¢; 4% Oz. 45c; Oz. 85c; 14 Lh.-$2.45. 
464 FORT MYERS MARKET. Robust heavy yielding type that is 
widely grown in warm season areas and for shipping from the South. 
Plants tall and vigorous, resistant to disease and carry the fruit off the 
ground. Attractive long oval fruit of extremely smooth glossy black 
color. Ours i is an exceptionally fine stock. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 45c; Oz. 85c; 14 Lb. $2.45. 

Black Beauty—the best large egg plant. 
463 EARLY LONG PURPLE. An early variety producing fruit of oblong 
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. 
Pkt. 15c; % Oz. 40c; Oz. 75c; 14 Lb. $2.00. 
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 inches apart, and thin the plants to a foot apart. Endive may be 
planted any time from early spring until July 1st 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. 
a : 471 DEEP HEART FRINGED. Distinctive New Type. All who have grown this new 


endive have been impressed not only by its novel appear- 
ance, but by its downright fine qualities. It is a strong robust plant with broad leaves, curled at the 
edge and producing fine deep hearts. The plants are more upright than other varieties, so can be 
more easily blanched by tying. In quality it is tender and makes the most appetizing and attractive 
salads. By all means have a row in your garden. It i is very easy to grow. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 144 Lb. 70c. 
Deep Heart Fringed 
478 GREEN CURLED PANCALIER. Full Hearted Strain. Grows 
larger than Green Curled and the leaves are not quite so finely cut. It 
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. 30c; 144 Lb. 70c. 
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. 30c; 144 Lb. 70c. 
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 Jeaved varieties. 
Pkt. 10c; Oz. 30c; 14 Lb. 70c. 

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Full Heart Batavian Green Curled 
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.)30c; 44 Lb. 70c: 
386 Witloof Chicory or ‘French Endive’”’ 
An ounce of seed will produce 3000 to 5000 roots, a packet 300 to 500 roots. 
Witloof Chicory or “French Endive” makes a most appetizing and de- 
licious salad to eat in the winter, and is very easy to grow. 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. 
Pkt. 15c; 4% Oz. 35c; Oz. 60c; 14 Lb. $1.75: 
Full directions for raising the crop will be sent to anyone interested. 
