. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list for 1900. Nursery stock California San Francisco Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 28 BO WEN'S CATALOGUE BOSTON PICKLING.—A prolific bearer, fruit of medium size, rather pointed at the ends, bright green and of good quality, especially for pickling. EXTRA LONG GREEN TURKEY.—Another good variety, tender and crisp; green, long, and slim. SHALL GHERKIN.—A distinct variety, not strictly a cucumber; fruit very short, but rather thick; used only for pickling. EGG
. Illustrated and descriptive seed catalogue and price list for 1900. Nursery stock California San Francisco Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Herbs Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. 28 BO WEN'S CATALOGUE BOSTON PICKLING.—A prolific bearer, fruit of medium size, rather pointed at the ends, bright green and of good quality, especially for pickling. EXTRA LONG GREEN TURKEY.—Another good variety, tender and crisp; green, long, and slim. SHALL GHERKIN.—A distinct variety, not strictly a cucumber; fruit very short, but rather thick; used only for pickling. EGG PLANT. French, Aubergine; German, Eierpflanze; Spanish, Bernegena. The Egg Plant, though not universally grown, is fast winning its way to more general use, and properly served is a most excellent dish. It will grow in any good garden soil, but the best results are obtained in a deep, rich, warm loam. The seed germinates slowly, and should be started in a hotbed, or well- protected, warm place, kept very moist. Do not transplant till the weather is settled, and the ground thoroughly warm. It thrives with the same treatment as that given the tomato. EARLY LONG PURPLE —Fruit rather long, usually largest at the blossom end; a hardy kind, produc- tive and of good quality. EARLY ROUND PURPLE — Fruit large, oval round, deep purple, tender, and excellent. Desirable for the family, or market garden. LARGE NEW YORK IM= PROVED PURPLE.—Similar in form Egg Plant. to Early Round Purple, but a little later. Fruit of good quality and produced abundantly. BLACK PEKIN.—Oval round, of medium size, very dark, glossy and handsome. Flesh delicate and excellent. Prized for the family garden. French, Chicoree; The garden Endive is much cultivated in Europe for winter salad. It is bitter until properly blanched, when it makes a fine salad, and is also used for greens. Sow at any time during spring, or later for winter use, in drills a foot apart. Thin from ten to twelve inches a
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