. Descriptive catalogue : Wood's high grade seeds and guide for the farm and garden, 1902. Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. New York Improved Purple Egg Plant. ENDIVE. EGG PLANT. The Egg Plant is peculiarly well adapted to our South- ern climate, and should be in every garden. It makes a most delicious dish. Culture.—Egg Plants develop to the greatest perfection in a deep, rich loamy soil. In February, or March sow in hot-beds and keep warm. When two inches high trausp
. Descriptive catalogue : Wood's high grade seeds and guide for the farm and garden, 1902. Nursery stock Virginia Richmond Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. New York Improved Purple Egg Plant. ENDIVE. EGG PLANT. The Egg Plant is peculiarly well adapted to our South- ern climate, and should be in every garden. It makes a most delicious dish. Culture.—Egg Plants develop to the greatest perfection in a deep, rich loamy soil. In February, or March sow in hot-beds and keep warm. When two inches high trausplant to pets or to good, rich soil. About the middle of May set out three feet apart each way, and pro- tect from bugs by dustii g lightly with Slug Shot. One ounce will produce about one thousand plants. Insect Remedies.—For cut-worm use poisoned bran or poi- soned cotton-seed meal. For Colorado potato bug see under head of potatoes. l/faew York Improved Purple. The best and largest va- riety in cultivation. Our strain of this variety is specially fine. Pkt. 5c; oz. 25c; £ lb. 75c; lb. $ Egg Plants. Eeady about May 1st. 20c. per dozen; v $ per hundred. In the absence of lettuce during the latter part of the season, eadive serves as an acceptable salad, and is well worthy of general cultivation, especially as it is of easy culture. Culture*—Sow in August in drills eighteen inches apart, and when large enougn, thin out to one foot apart. When nearl> *rown, tie up the outer leaves to blanch the heart, in dry seasons give plenty of water. Green Curled. The best variety for general use. Pkt. y 5c; oz. 15c; \ lb. 35c; lb. $ Green Curled Endi. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original T. W. Wood & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Richmond, Va. : T
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