SEED GROWERS 27 
DANDELION 
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Very superior strain. Makes vigorous, very compact growth. Produces a spreading 
rosette of leaves 18 to 24 in. across; leaves very numerous, thick in texture, and 
blanch readily. 
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Annual about 2—3 ft. tall; of strong aromatic odor and mildly pungent flavor; chiefly 
grown for seed clusters used in making dill pickles. 
EGG PLANT 
Plants of the varieties listed below, set in the field early in June at our Experimental 
Gardens near Detroit, always produce marketable fruits in August or early September. 
Days from 
Setting of 
Plants 
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Popular home and market sort. Plants thrifty, 24—30 in. tall, commonly bear 4 to 6 
large fruits which are smooth, broad egg-shaped; uniform, very rich dark purple, 
retaining the color a long time. 
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Vigorous and very productive high bush variety, holding fruits well off the ground. 
Fruits ideal size for shipment, 9 to 10 inches long, 5144 to 614 inches diameter, nearly 
egg shaped, broadest near blossom end. Outstanding for deep purplish black color and 
high gloss. Especially adapted to Florida and Cuban conditions. 
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The standard home and market sort. Plants large. 30—36 in. tall; very productive, 
commonly bearing 4—6 or more large, handsome, dark purple, symmetrical, broad 
egg-shaped fruits. 
ENDIVE 
BROAD LEAVED BATAVIAN (We suggest Full Heart Batavian) 
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Our 1940 All-America Silver Medal winner. Entirely new type of endive, between 
Full Heart Batavian and Green Curled, but more upright in growth than either, 
and leaves broader than Green Curled. Outer leaves turn upward, making plants 
less susceptible to bottom rots than most endives. Extra deep, well filled hearts 
blanch to clear creamy yellow. 
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Distinctly improved form of Broad Leaved Batavian or Escarolle. Plant medium 
large with very deep, full, compact well-blanched heart of infolded broad leaves 
that are of thick buttery texture. 
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A variety with deeply cut leaf margins, but not curled as is Moss Curled. It is 
medium large in size and blanches well at the heart in late summer and fall. The 
mid-ribs or stems are pure green. 
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(Also known as Large Curled Pancalier.) A late, coarsely toothed variety of good 
size, which forms a good, blanched heart in the late fall. The midrib or leaf stem 
is tinged with rose. 
FENNEL 
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Grown in home and market gardens. Plant 2—3 ft. tall. Chiefly grown for the 
bulb-like structure formed by the enveloping thickened bases of the stalks of the 
lower leaves. This is aromatic and of a distinctive flavor. Sweet Fennel is quite 
different and forms no “bulbs.” (See Herbs.) 
