cum Hart & Vicks EGGPLANT 
One package of seed will produce 200 plants; 1 ounce 2000 plants. 
Harvest your Eggplant while the skin is still glossy. It is too old when the skin becomes dull. 
Maturing days mentioned mean days from the time the plant is set out in the garden 
until it is ready to eat. 
Start seed under glass early in March and bring plants to a good size as rapidly as 
possible. Transplant, when 3 inches high, singly, into 21- to 3-inch pots. (Fertile Pots 
are best, see page 34.) As soon as weather is warm set out in open ground, about 2 feet 
apart each way. Spray or dust for beetle with arsenate of lead or one of the new DDT 
sprays or dusts. 
xBlack Beauty. (80 days.) An extra early variety. The fruits are large, blunt, oval in 
shape, purple-black, entirely spineless, and of very high quality, weigh several pounds each 
and are entirely free from spines and thorns. Holds its color a long time and is a desirable 
market variety as well as the very best kind for the home gardens, except in very northern 
sections. This is a very reliable and heavy bearing variety, each plant producing several 
large fruits. Pkg. 15c; 14 oz. 60c; oz. $1100 
New Hampshire. 65 days. Dark purple fruit, firm, and of splendid quality, two weeks 
earlier than Black Beauty. This is the Eggplant to grow here in the north where the grow- 
ing season is comparatively short. The plants cre of medium size and bear good crops. 
Pkg. 25c; 14 oz. 65c; oz. $1.10 
DANDELION 
One package of seed will sow 100 feet of row. 
Improved Thick-Leaved. A splendid salad plant. This variety has large, thick leaves 
and is a valuable plant for “greens’’ in the early spring. Some prefer to tie the leaves 
together over the head to blanch it and then eat it like Endive. Sow seed in good loam, 
drills 1 foot apart; thin or transplant to 1 foot apart in rows. Ready to eat in 60 days. 
Ko. IDE; 840025 45cre0zse$l'.35 
Italian Dandelion. You will find this on page 32 listed under Chicory. It is a rapid 
growing salad plant whose Dandelion-like leaves are used as early greens. The leaves 
and flower shoots are very tender and have a faint Asparagus flavor. They may be 
cut several times during a season. Pkg. 15¢; Ye oz. 45c; oz. 75c; Yq Ib. $2.25 
ENDIVE & fasily Grown 
One cf the best salads for fall and winter use, for garnishing and flavoring soups and 
stews. Sow in shallow drills, 15 inches apart; thin plants to 1 foot apart. For early use, 
sow in April; for late use, in June or July. When full grown, tie outer leaves together 
over center to blanch the heart. Cover fresh plants every few days for a succession. 
One package of seed will sow 50 feet of row; 1 ounce 300 feet. 
Full Heart Batavian. (Escarole). Broad, twisted and woved, bright deep green leaves 
with thick, nearly white midribs. The inner leaves form a fairly solid clustering head 
which blanches to a beautiful white; crisp and tender. Unsurpassed for salads. Ready 
in 90 days. Pkg. 15¢; YW oz. 25c; oz. 40c; YW Ib. 95c 
Green Curled Green Ribbed. Ready in 65 days. Rich green leaves are very finely cut 
giving the plants a feathery appearance. The 15-inch heads blanch easily to pure white 
and have a most delicious, crisp, refreshing flavor. 
Pkg. 15¢; YQ oz. 25c; oz. 40c; Y Ib. 95c Full Heart Batavian Endive or Escarole 
Witloof Chicory or “French Endive.” A_ salad 
plant of unusual and very delicate flavor that you 
can grow easily from seed. You will find growing di- e e e e e 
rections on page 32 under Chicory, Witloof or French ia WA 
Endive. Pkg. 25c; YW oz. 55c; oz. 85c; Y% Ib. $2.45 
Use for greens and garnishing. The tender young shoots branching from the stalks 
make very delicious greens or may be cut up to be eaten raw in iclade and sandwiches. 
Hardier than Cabbage and is improved by frost. Sow the seed in the garden in early 
spring for large fully grown plants. Sow in July for those small tender leaves to use in 
the fall and winter. Sow seeds 1/ inch deep in rows 2 to 3 feet apart. Thin plants to 
stand 12 inches apart in the row. Package of seed will sow 50 feet of row; 1 ounce 
300 feet. 
Dwarf Blue Curled. Bluish green foliage Plant diseases are nearly always en- 
of unusually high quality. The plants are couraged by dampness and darkness. Keep 
hardy, compact in habit, and produce an out of the garden on damp, cloudy days, 
enormous amount of foliage, used both for a - 
eating and for table decoration. , when your clothing may brush against 
Pkg: WS5e3)0z, 40c8 Warib. $1.15 plants and help spread disease. 
Leaf crops for salads are best harvested in the cool of the day and should be pro- 
tected from drying out by wrapping in a damp cloth or putting them immediately into 
the vegetable compartment in your refrigerator. Salad crops 
picked when slightly wilted do not regain the same crispness 
and flavor as when picked moist with dew. 
Hart & Vicks KOHLRABI 
An edible bulb that grows above ground and combines the 
good qualities of Cabbage and Turnips. Kohlrabi is tender 
and delicious, and can be cooked in many ways. Sow seed 
This is Dwarf Blue Curled Kale 
F 1 early in spring, in rows 114 feet apart, and thin to 4 inches. 
enne Make two sowings 10 days apart in the early spring, and 
Florence (Finocchio). Grown in home and market  9a/n in July for a full crop. Matures in 10 to 12 weeks. 
garden, and produces a bulb at the surface of the One package of seed will sow 40 feet of row; 
ground of aromatic and Anise-like flavor. The stalks one ounce 300 feet. 
are eaten tike Celery, raw or creamed. Sow the seed . ‘ 
in rows 20 inches apart and thin plants to 10 inches Early White Vienna. The standard for market, table, or : 
apart; blanch by drawing up the earth. forcing. The flesh is white, tender, and has a greenish white Se eS 
Pkq 15c; oz. 40c; V4 Ib. 95c skin. Pkg. 15c; Ym oz. 35c; oz. 60c; 14 Ib. $1.45 White Vienna Kohlrabi 
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