Dreer's garden book 1918 (1918) Dreer's garden book 1918 dreersgardenbook1918henr Year: 1918 EARLY BLACK BEAUTY EGG-PLANT This beautiful Egg-Plant is a great improvement over the well-known and largely-grown New York Improved Large Purple. The plants are remarkably healthy in their growth and produce an abundance of large fruits earlier than the New York Improved. The skin is of a rich purp- lish-black color, making the fruit very attractive in appear- ance. It is also entirely spineless, and the quality is all that could be desired. Pkt., 10 cts.; $ oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; £ lb., $
Dreer's garden book 1918 (1918) Dreer's garden book 1918 dreersgardenbook1918henr Year: 1918 EARLY BLACK BEAUTY EGG-PLANT This beautiful Egg-Plant is a great improvement over the well-known and largely-grown New York Improved Large Purple. The plants are remarkably healthy in their growth and produce an abundance of large fruits earlier than the New York Improved. The skin is of a rich purp- lish-black color, making the fruit very attractive in appear- ance. It is also entirely spineless, and the quality is all that could be desired. Pkt., 10 cts.; $ oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; £ lb., $ FINOCCHIO, OR FLORENCE FENNEL A delicious vegetable which should be more largely grown in this country. It is extensively used in Italy as a salad, and also may be served boiled. When the enlargement of leaf stalk, at base of stem, is about the size of a hen's egg it should be earthed up so as to cover half of it, and in about ten days cutting may be commenced and continued as the plants increase in growth. The flavor is somewhat like celery, but it has a sweet taste and delicate odor. 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.; £ lb., $ DREER'S IMPERIAL LONG-STANDING KALE A beautifully curled and crimped variety which is of strong, vigorous habit, perfectly hardy, bright green color, and very attractive appearance. The plant is of spreading h^bit of growth, with large leaves which furnish an abundance of greens during the fall, winter and spring. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; | lb., 75 cts.; lb., $2,50. DREER'S ALL-HEART LETTUCE Introduced by us several years ago, this splendid variety of head-lettuce has continually in the favor of both private and market gardeners who have grown it, ana is the most reli- able hard-heading lettuce ever introduced—far superior to all other varieties of cabbage-lettuce. It is adapted to both spring and summer use, as it withstands intense heat and forms magni- ficent large heads with leaves closely set, extremely solid heart, even before it is
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