Dreer's garden calendar : 1886 . dreersgardencale1886henr Year: 1886 FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 15 DANDELION. (Taraxacum Dens-Leonis.) Loioenzahn oder PanUblitme, I'issenlit, Fk. Amar- gun, Sp. The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resemblincj Endive, and aflbrds one of the earliest and most healthful spring greens or salads. The roots, when dried and roasted, are often used as a substitute for oofl'ee. The seed should be sowii early in the spring in drills 12 inches apart, about i of an inch deep, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills; the following spring it will be fit for use.
Dreer's garden calendar : 1886 . dreersgardencale1886henr Year: 1886 FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 15 DANDELION. (Taraxacum Dens-Leonis.) Loioenzahn oder PanUblitme, I'issenlit, Fk. Amar- gun, Sp. The Dandelion is a hardy perennial plant, resemblincj Endive, and aflbrds one of the earliest and most healthful spring greens or salads. The roots, when dried and roasted, are often used as a substitute for oofl'ee. The seed should be sowii early in the spring in drills 12 inches apart, about i of an inch deep, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills; the following spring it will be fit for use. Larsre Common Variety. Used as spring greens or salad. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 40 cts. Thick-Leaved, or Cabbaging. This variety is dou- ble the size of the common, and for salad will soon supersede it. Plit. 10 cts., oz. 50 cts. EGG PLANT. Eierpflanze, Ger. Aubergine, Fr. Berengena, Sp. Sow the seed in hot-beds early in March. When 3 inches high pot the young plants, using small pots, and plunge them in the same bed, so that the plants may be- come stocky. They can be planted out, from the pots, when the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or June; or they can be transplanted into a second bed to make them strong, until the weather is warm enough to transplant into thoroughly worked and well-enriched soil about 3 feet apart each way. Draw the earth up to their stems when about a foot high. Egg-plant seed will not vegetate freely without a strong uniform heat, and if the plants get the least chilled in the earlier stages of growth, they seldom recover. Therefore repeated sowings are sometimes necessary. Care should be observed in cutting the fruit so as not to disturb the roots of the plants. New York Improved Egg-Plant. Early Long Pnrple. The earliest and hardiest, very productive; fruit from 6 to 10 inches long. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 30 cts. New York Improved Large Purple. The leading market variety; large, round, dark-purple, free of thorns, excellent and the most productive va
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