Tri-State’s Kgeplants 
Cutture. Start the seed indoors and transplant to the open ground when the soil is thoroughly warm. Set the plants 
11% feet apart in rows 3 feet apart. 1 oz. produces about 2000 plants; 14]b. plants an acre. 
EGGPLANTS, Black Beauty 
BLACK BEAUTY. 75 days. Plants 24 to 30 inches 
tall, commonly bearing 4 to 6 large fruits which 
are broad, egg shaped and smooth; uniform and very 
rich dark purple, retaining the color for a long 
time. Suitable for freezing. Valuable for market 
and home gardens. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH. 85 days. Plants are of 
strong, upright, vigorous growth and bear many 
large, elongated, dark purple fruits of uniform size 
well above the ground. Somewhat resistant to fruit 
rot and blight. 
FORT MYERS MARKET. 85 days. Vigorous 
and very productive, high-bush variety. holding 
fruits well off the ground. Fruits ideal size for ship- 
ment, 9 to 10 inches long, 514 to 6% inches in diam- 
eter, nearly egg shaped, broadest near blossom end. 
Outstanding for deep purplish black color and high 
gloss. Especially adapted to Florida conditions. 
EARLY LONG PURPLE. 80 days. An early pear- 
shaped Eggplant mostly used by the Italian trade. 
Plants large, 30 to 36 inches tall, commonly bearing 
4 to 6 or more large, dark purple Eggplants. 
Esearole 
FLORIDA DEEP HEART. 71 days. The plants 
are larger, with extra deep, well-filled hearts that 
blanch to clear creamy yellow. Outer leaves turn 
upward, making the plant less susceptible to bottom 
rots than most Endives. 
FULL HEART BATAVIAN. 85 days. Leaves 
large, forming immense, round plants up to 16 inches 
across with very deep, full, compact, well-blar ched 
hearts that are of thick, buttery texture. 
ESCAROLE, Full Heart Batavian 
18 
Endive 
CuLTURE. Sow the seed in rows 18 inches apart and thin 
to 12 inches apart. When almost fully grown, tie the heads 
to blanch them. 1 oz. plants 200 ft. of row; 2 lbs. an acre. 
GREEN CURLED RUFFEC. 95 days. A late variety 
with deeply cut leaf margins. It is medium large in 
size and blanches well at the heart in late summer 
and fall. The midribs or stems are pure green. 
LARGE GREEN CURLED PINK RIBBED. 95 
days. 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. 
ENDIVE, Large Green Curled Pink Ribbed 
TRI-STATE SEED COMPANY, Inc. 
PHILADELPHIA 6, PA. 
