Dreer's garden calendar : 1898 . dreersgardencale1898henr Year: 1898 FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 31 1'?/'*/^ ril A IVTTP EierpJlanze, Aubergine, Vli. lliLIvJ=r^JL,/\i>l 1 • Bei-engena, Sp. One ounce will produce about one thousand plants. Sow the seeds 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 become stocky. They can be planted out, from the pots, when the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or June ; or they can be trans- planted into a second l)ed to make them strong, until the w
Dreer's garden calendar : 1898 . dreersgardencale1898henr Year: 1898 FOR THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. 31 1'?/'*/^ ril A IVTTP EierpJlanze, Aubergine, Vli. lliLIvJ=r^JL,/\i>l 1 • Bei-engena, Sp. One ounce will produce about one thousand plants. Sow the seeds 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 become stocky. They can be planted out, from the pots, when the season becomes sufficiently warm, in May or June ; or they can be trans- planted into a second l)ed to make them strong, until the weather is warm enough to transplant, about 3 feet apart each way, in thoroughly worked and well-enriched soil. Draw the earth up to the stems when about a foot liigh. 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 re- cover. 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 Large Purple (Dreei's Selected). The leading market variety; large, round, dark purple, free of thorns, excel- lent and the most productive variety. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; \ lb. $, lb. . Black Pekin. Fruit purplish-black, round to globular, large, solid, smooth and glossy; very prolific, early, and of fine flavor. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; \ lb. $ Early Long' Purple. The earliest and hardiest, very productive ; fruit from 6 to 10 inches long. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; \ lb. 75 cts. EGQ=PLANTS. {^See Vegetable Plants, page 4' DANDELION. The Dandelion is a hardy peren- nial plant, resembling Endive, and affords one of the earliest and most healthful spring greens or salads. Sow early in spring in drills 12 inches apart, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills; the following spring it will be fit for use. Broad-leaved. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 40 cts. Improved Thick - leaved. (S
Size: 1344px × 1488px
Photo credit: © Bookend / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: archive, book, drawing, historical, history, illustration, image, page, picture, print, reference, vintage
