. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . d satisfaction when used properly. Internal Brown Rot is the name given to a disease whichhas recently appeared in a few potato growing sections of thiscountry. It is first noticed by the darkening more or less of thestarchy portion of the tubers, without any manifestation of its presence on the outside; lateron the potato rots. The lifehistory of this disease is notknown, nor are any remediesknown for it. Ordinary pru-dence, however, would indi-cate that seed potatoes in the Fig-ure 1U2.—Internal brown r
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . d satisfaction when used properly. Internal Brown Rot is the name given to a disease whichhas recently appeared in a few potato growing sections of thiscountry. It is first noticed by the darkening more or less of thestarchy portion of the tubers, without any manifestation of its presence on the outside; lateron the potato rots. The lifehistory of this disease is notknown, nor are any remediesknown for it. Ordinary pru-dence, however, would indi-cate that seed potatoes in the Fig-ure 1U2.—Internal brown rot of the least affected with this trOU-potato. , , ble should not be planted. EGG PLANT. (Solanum melongena.) Native of South America.—Annual.—Stem erect and branch-ing; flowers solitary and violet in color; seeds flat, of mediumsize. The egg plant is but little used in this section, but can begrown to perfection in our hot, dry summers. The seed mustbe sown, even earlier than tomato seed, in the greenhouse or hot-bed, but when only a few plants are wanted it will be found best. 204 VEGETABLE GARDENING. to buy the plants, as they require delicate handling. The plantsare set in rows three two feet apart, afterthe ground is well warmed up, which is seldombefore the 10th of June. The fruit attains marketable size by thelast of August. The plants are ver\^ liable tothe attacks of the potato beetle. The bestvariet}^ is the New York Purple, but the varietyFigure 103 —Egf §^^0^^^^ Long Purple is somewhat earlier. Plant. TOMATO. (Lycopersicum esculentum.) Native of South America.—Perennial, but generally treatedas an annual.—The tomato is a branching plant, generally withflexible stems that require support to grow erect. Its flowers areyellowish and grow in loose clusters on the stem, opposite ornearly opposite leaves, not axiliary; fruit, a true berry, red,pink or yellow in color; seed, kidney-shaped, flat, with a rough-ened surface. In many parts of this^ section, the t
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