. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. i RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEM Aubergine, Fr. Berengena, Sp. EGG PLANT Eierpflanze, Ger One ounce will produce about 1000 plants. Culture —Egg Plant seed requires a higher temperature for germination than any other vegetable, and this temperature should be maintained right along in order to maintain strong and healthy growth. Sow the seeds in hotbeds, 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 t
. Dreer's garden book / Henry A. Nursery Catalogue. i RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEM Aubergine, Fr. Berengena, Sp. EGG PLANT Eierpflanze, Ger One ounce will produce about 1000 plants. Culture —Egg Plant seed requires a higher temperature for germination than any other vegetable, and this temperature should be maintained right along in order to maintain strong and healthy growth. Sow the seeds in hotbeds, 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. The soil can hardly be made too rich. Set the plants in open ground, allowing 3 feet space between the rows, and 2 feet space between the plants in the row. Watch for the potato beetle. This pest, as well as blight, may be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead Mixture or by dusting the plants with Slug Shot. 404 Early Black Beauty. Spineless, with rich purplish black skin; very attractive and of best quality. This beautiful Egg Plant is im- proved to the limit, but is exacting in its call for rich, warm soil. The plants are remarkably healthy in their growth and produce an abun- dance of large fruit, earlier than the New York Improved. The favorite sort for show purposes. Pkt., 15 cts.; j oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; j lb., $ 407 New York Improved Large Purple. Produces the fruits in great quantities, plants averaging from 4 to 6 fruits each. They are large, nearly round, dark purple, free of thorns and of excellent quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; £ oz., 40 cts.; oz., 75 cts.; \ lb., $ 406 Early Long Purple. Earliest, hardiest and very productive. The fruits are long and of good quality, measure 6 to 10 inches long and best for very early use. Flavor is in the opinion of many, finer than the two large sorts offered above. Pkt., 10 cts.; \ oz., 35 cts.; oz., 60 cts.; J lb., $ Plants of Egg Plant are of
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