
EGGPLANT 
May be cooked in various ways. The fruits are at their best edible 
stage when the skin has attained a high gloss. Use when young, at which 
stage the seeds will be small and hardly noticeable. Keep fruits picked off - 
as they become ready and plants should bear until frost. : 
A rich, sandy, warm soil produces the’ best plants and yields the 
highest number of fruits. Seed should be started in a hotbed, or indoors 
in shallow boxes or pans, 8 to 9 weeks before the time to set the plants 
out in the garden. When seedlings are about 3 in. high, plant singly 
into small pots, setting the plants in the open when all danger of frost 
is past and the soil has become thoroughly warm. A pkt. of seed will 
produce about 100 plants; 1 oz. 2000 plants. Days mentioned in descrip- 
tions represent the average time required from the setting of the plants 
in the garden until usable or marketable fruits are ready. 
419 Burpee Hybrid ©—Prolific, early 
70 days. Distinct: first generation hybrid of outstanding 
qualities for home and market gardens. The plant is tall, 
tree-like, semi-spreading in habit, vigorous and produces 
continuously until frost if fruits are removed as they be- — 
come ready. They are oval, medium-sized, and of a good 
dark purple. Most fruits do not touch the ground. More re- 
sistant to drought and disease than any commercial variety. 
- Pkt. (15 seeds) 35¢; 3 pkts. $1.00; 5 pkts. $1.50 
420 Burpee’s Black Beauty © 73 days. The rich, deep pur- 
plish black fruits grow to an enormous size, but may be used while small. 
When fully developed, they are blunt and broad at the blossom end, 
weigh several pounds each and are free from spines or thorns. Suitable 
for freezing. Very productive. Valuable for market and home gardens. 
Pkt. 15¢; %40z.50¢; oz. 95¢; 1% Ib. $2.75 
421 Ft. Myers Market 80 days. Long, oval fruits of deep purple 
color and extremely smooth skin. Of considerable resistance to disease 
and excessive heat. Tall growing; bear fruits well above the ground. 
Pkt. 15¢; 1% oz. 50¢;_ oz. 95¢; 14 Ib. $2.75 
423 Florida Highbush 80 days. Plants are of strong, upright 
growth, and bear many large, elongated, dark purple fruits well above 
the ground. Somewhat resistant to fruit rot and blight. 
. Pkt. 15¢; %oz.50¢; oz. 95¢; Y% Ib. $2.75 
429 New Hampshire 70 days. Early low bush type eggplant 
recommended especially for short season areas. The purple fruits are 
mostly pear-shaped or round, a few inclined to be egg-shaped. ; ; 
Pkt.15¢; %440z.50¢; oz. 95¢; 1%; Ib. $2.75 
422 New York Improved Spineless 76 days. Entirely spine- 
less, large purple eggplant whose fruits are broad, oval and hold their 
deep glossy color for a long time. The plants are low branching. , 
Pkt. 15¢; %oz.50¢; oz. 95¢; Ib. $2.75 


Burpee’s CEL TUCE—combines the uses and flavors of CELery and LetTUCE 
290 Burpee’s Celtuce belongs to the lettuce family but is move the lower leaves and then cut all the outer skin down to 
entirely different in its growth and uses. When plants are the light green and tender flesh. Cooked celtuce stalks have 
young, the leaves may be used as lettuce or as boiling a~ pleasing, mild flavor suggestive of celery. Young leaves 
“greens,” but its chief value is its central stem or stalk. have four times the Vitamin C content of head-lettuce leaves. . 
Whether celtuce stalks are to be eaten raw or cooked, you re- Pkt.15¢; '%4,0z.30¢; Y%40z.55¢; oz. $1.00; 4 Ib. $3.00 . 
E N D IVE — Green, leafy vegetable suited to summer use . : e 7 
For early use, sow seed in the open ground as early as it can but as plants form loose heads, the inner leaves blanch and 
be worked; for main crop, make two more sowings about a month become sweet and tender. Used principally as a salad; often used 
apart. In early stages of growth, leaves may have a pungent taste for garnishing. A pkt. will sow about 20 ft. of row; 1 oz. 100 ft. 
430 Green Curled or Giant Fringed Oyster 65 days. Leaves are 
finely cut or laciniated, giving the plants a feathery appearance. They are a 
rich green color but readily blanch to an appetizing creamy white in the center; 
crisp and tender. Makes an excellent salad. Plants measure 16 to 18 in. across. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1% 1b. 90¢; ¥% lb. $1.75 
432 White Curled 70 days. Leaves are light green and attractively curled 
and mossed; the dense centers are easily blanched to pure white. Have a most 
delicious, crisp, refreshing flavor. Plants grow 12 to 15 in. in diameter. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; 1% Ib. 90¢; 1% Ib. $1.75 
436 Broad Leaved Batavian 90 days. (Full Heart Strain). A popular 
Escarolle with large, broad leaves forming immense round plants up to 16 in. 
across. Can be blanched creamy white like curled endive; the toothed, slightly 
twisted leaves may be cooked like spinach or used in soups and stews. 
Pkt. 10¢; oz. 30¢; %4Ib.90¢; 14 lb. $1.75 
438 Deep Heart or Improved Full Heart © 70 days. Improved 
.Batavian of upright growth with a deeper, fuller and more compact heart; 
‘earlier in maturity. Large, thick, dark green leaves with slightly curled edges. 
Forms a medium-large head which readily blanches itself to light. yellow; 
no need to tie, up the leaves. Widely grown by home and market gardeners. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 35¢; % Ib. $1.00; 1 lb. $1.90 
440 Cos Type Batavian 100 days. The young plants resemble Full 
Heart Batavian but the leaves are much broader and rounder. As plants de- 
velop they become erect and look like Cos lettuce. Hearts blanch to a clear 
yellow and make the most appetizing tender salad. All-America Winner. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz.45¢; 1% lb. $1.35; 14 Ib. $2.40 



Deep Heart or Improved Full Heart 
Batavian Endive 


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