. Annual of true blue seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Vegetables Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Fruit Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Flowers Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Gardening Ohio Columbus Equipment and supplies catalogs. Livingstones Mammoth Purple. SPINELESS. NORTHERN GROWN. This splendid variety we obtained by careful selection and extra cultivation, beginning with a true strain of New York Improved Large Purple. The process of improvement was carried on for years, until we now have the finest strain of Mammoth Egg Plant of which we have any knowledge. While immense
. Annual of true blue seeds. Seeds Catalogs; Seed industry and trade Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Vegetables Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Fruit Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Flowers Ohio Columbus Catalogs; Gardening Ohio Columbus Equipment and supplies catalogs. Livingstones Mammoth Purple. SPINELESS. NORTHERN GROWN. This splendid variety we obtained by careful selection and extra cultivation, beginning with a true strain of New York Improved Large Purple. The process of improvement was carried on for years, until we now have the finest strain of Mammoth Egg Plant of which we have any knowledge. While immense size was one of the main objects, we did not lose sight of other valu- able points essential in a first-class market variety. It is quite early for such a large sort, and a sure cropper. Plant large, vigorous and productive. Fruit very uniform in color and shape; very large, usually 7 to 9 inches in- diameter, but sometimes specimens are grown measuring 10 inches. Skin a handsome dark purple, smooth and glossy. Flesh white, of superior quality. We pronounce it the best Egg Plant in cultivation —NO exception. It is very important that growers have the best seed and variety obtainable, for if poorly grown, irregular in shape or green in color, they are quite unsalable, and your time and money are wasted. Selected Seed—Pkt., 10c.; i-oz., 20c.; oz., 35c.; i-lb., $ ; lb., $ Endive Its leaves make a splendid salad, when properly blanched, and one that is very useful, as it comes in after lettuce is gone. It may be grown at any season, but it is usually grown for use late in the Jail. For an early crop sow in April in drills 15 inches apart, and later thin to 12 inches apart in the row. It can also be sown in beds and transplanted to above distance after attaining sufficient size. The main sowings are made in June and July. Ordinary good soil and cultivation are all it requires. When nearly full grown it is blanched in the fol- lo'\ving manner: Gather up the leavesandtie
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