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MARKETER (Early Green Market) 60-65 days 
A good early prolific variety, unusually trim and uniform. 
The fruits are slightly tapered to each end and they hold 
their rich dark green color very well. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 
Va Ib. 75c; Ib. $2.50. 
EGGPLANT. -. 
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 2000 plants; four 
ounces per acre. The number of days refers to time from setting plants to 
maturity. 
NEW HAMPSHIRE HYBRID 
ERICA SELECTION Z Silver Medal 1939 
This very early highly productive egg plant is a little 
smaller than Black Beauty which it resembies, but ideal size 
for table use. It is the earliest large fruited Egg Plant. Pkt. 
20c; oz. 65c; % Ib. $2.00. 
68-73 days 
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; Ib. $8.00. 
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; 
lb. $6.00. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH 85-90 days 
This is a very heavy yielding stock. The plants are vig- 
orous, 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. 60c; % Ib. $1.75; Ib. $6.00. 
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. 75c; Y% Ib. $2.50; Ib. $8.00. 
BADGER STATE 70-75 days 
An early bearer with fewer and less objectionable seeds 
than in other varieties. Fruits are 6 to 7 inches long, light 
purple, and become larger, gradually and symmetrically to- 
ward the base. Pkt. 25c; oz. 90c; % Ib. $3.00; Ib. $10.00. 
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CUBIT 
Bronze Medal 1944 
A new attractive, high quality, good shipping variety 
which has smooth dark green fruits with blunt ends, about 
8 inches long. Its small seed cavity makes it an excellent 
slicing variety. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % Ib. 75c; Ib. $2.50. 
60-65 days 
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; % Ib. 
Oc; Ibaodeo0, 
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; % Ib. 50¢; Ib. $1.50. 
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; 
Va |b. 50c; Ib. $1.50. 
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. 50c; Ib. $1.50. 
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; %4 Ib. 50c; Ib. $1.50. 

Black Beauty Egg Plant 
