. California gardening. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. Nett York Improved Egg Plant ENDIVE Prices listed are postpaid. CULTURE. Same as for lettuce. /-dccki r»nDicn Makes a fine salad, espe- &KctN LUKLtU. cially for w i n t e r use. When ready for use outer leaves are green with the center of the head blanched to creamy white. The use of this variety has increased greatly In the past few years and carloads are now snipped to Eastern markets. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; V


. California gardening. Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit trees Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs. Nett York Improved Egg Plant ENDIVE Prices listed are postpaid. CULTURE. Same as for lettuce. /-dccki r»nDicn Makes a fine salad, espe- &KctN LUKLtU. cially for w i n t e r use. When ready for use outer leaves are green with the center of the head blanched to creamy white. The use of this variety has increased greatly In the past few years and carloads are now snipped to Eastern markets. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Vi lb. 40c; 1 lb. $ dakii^ai icq Another large variety differ- tain^alick. ing jn that riDS are tinge(j with pink, and foliage very dense. Excellent for salads. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 40c; 1 lb. $ p 11 ppcr A" excellent large variety. Plants Rurrc^' 16 to 18 inches in diameter. Green, ribbed, curly leaves. Heart very crisp and bleaches to creamy white. A favorite variety for both market garden and shipping use. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 40c; 1 lb. $ BROADLEAVED BATAVIAN. K^Si grown like lettuce and heads tied loosely for blanching; regarded by some as the best of the Endives. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; V4 lb. 40c; 1 lb. $ CRESS OR PEPPER GRASS LEEK Cresson, Fr. Berro o Masfuerzo, Sp. Agretto, Ital. Garten Kresse, Ger. Note- CULTURE. —Prices listed are postpaid. There are many kinds of cress, all characterized by a more or less pungent taste. They are used in salads and for garnishing dishes. Water cress is grown in almost any ditch, shallow stream, or moist earth, and also under benches in greenhouses. It is a peren- nial and is propagated by scattering either seeds or freshly cut stems where the plants are wanted to grow. Pepper grass or cress should be sown thickly in drills every few days if a succession is wanted. One ounce will sow 200 feet of row. FINE CURLED (Pepper Grass). Grown very quickly from seeds sown thinly in drills. Leaves are


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