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Title: Burpee's farm annual, 1892
Identifier: burpeesfarmannua00watl (find matches)
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: W. Atlee Burpee Company; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Vegetables Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : W. Atlee Burpee Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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58 W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., PHILADELPHIA.
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NEW YORK IMPROVED EGG PLANT. EGG PLANT. The Egg Plant should be grown in every garden, as it is one of the most delicious vegetables known. Sliced and fried in batter, ser^/3d with raw tomatoes, it can well take the place of meat jfor supper in the summer or fall. Receipts for cooking in several ways are given in our new book,HOW TO COOK VEGETABLES," which can be selected FREE as a premium on an order for seeds to the value of $S.OO or more. 4@=" See Book Prem- iums advertised on second cover page and on page 23.'"®8i NEW YORK IMPROVED LARGE PURPLE. The leading market variety : of large size, skin deep purple, smooth, free of thorns; :desh white, of excellent quality; very productive. This is without exception the best egg plant in cultivation, and so much surer to bear than the Black Pekin that we have discarded the latter. Our seed is an extra selected strain, of superb quality. Per pkt. 10 cts.; 3^ oz. 25 cts. ; oz. 45 cts. ; 34 H) $1.25 ; per fi) $4.50. Early Long Purple. Much hardier and earlier than the large round purple, succeeding further North. Fruit from six to ten inches long. Per pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 25 cts. ft) 75 cts. ; per ft) $2.50. Extra Early Dwarf Round Purple. This variety might well be described as a very small early New York Purple, as it is the same shape and fine in quality. Its great merit is its hardiness, and extra earliness, and hence it is valuable for northern sections. Per pkt. 10 cts.: oz. 30 cts.; % ft) $1.00; per ft) $3.00. CRESS. Fine Curled (Pepper Grass). This little salad will bear cutting several times ; used mixed with lettuce its leaves impart an agreeable, warm, pungent taste. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts. ; 34 ft) 20 cts. ; per ft) 50 cts. Water Cress. One of the most appetizing, delicious fla- vored of small salads ; it does fairly well in very moist situations,but thrives best in shallow water on the edges of streams, where it grows most luxuriantly. It is a hardy perennial and increases from year to year. Per pkt. 10 cts. ; oz. 35 cts. ; 34 ft) $1.00; per ft) $3.50. UPLAND CRESS. A perennial, resembling water cress in flavor. Good all the year round; cut often, using only the young leaves, which are of a pleasant, pungent flavor. Per pkt. 10 cts. DANDELION. Improved Large-Leaved. Very early and wholesome greens. Sow in May or June; cultivate during the sum- mer, and the following spring the leaves will be fit to cut. Per pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 50 cts.; 34 S) $1.75 ; per ft) $6.00. WHITE CURLED ENDIVE. ENDIVE. This is one of the most refreshing and attractive of all autumn and winter salads. It is commonly known in restaurants as Chicor^e,^ and is particularly appetizing when served mixed with lettuce, with plain French dressing. Sow seed from middle of June to last of August. When the plants are full grown, tie all the outside leaves together over the heart, to blanch the inner leaves, which will take about a week. Never tie up when the leaves are wet, as they will then decay. Green Curled. The hardiest variety ; very ornamental, curled, dark-green leaves, which blanch white and crisp. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 15 cts.; 341^ 45 cts.; per ft) $1.50 White Curled. While the leaves are not so tender as the green curled, it is the most beautiful variety ; the mid-rib is yellow and the leaves almost white. Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 34 ft) 50 cts.; per ft) $1.75. Broad-Leaved Batavian. Forms large heads of broad, chick leaves, which are used for flavoring soups and stews, while if blanched as described above, the inner leaves make a fine salad. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; 34 ft) 50 cts.; per ft) $1.75. HORSE RADISH. The best is grown by planting small lengths of roots, called "sets," and not from the crowns. These "sets," planted in May, small end down, with the top one to one and a half inches below the surface, in rich, well- cultivated soil, will fonn radish of large size and superior quality, in one season's growth. Before planting, the top of the set should becut off slantingly, so as to prevent decay from water resting on the top. The large roots will be ready to pull in October, and from these large roots supply of sets can be cut otF for the next spring's planting. It is customary to gather the crop of roots in October and keep them in trenches, ready to mar- ket as opportunity offers during the winter. If grown only for family use, however, it is better to pull the roots just as wanted during the winter, as they will then keep their strong flavor and aroma better. Small roots 8 for 20 cts.; 25 cts. per dozen, or 90 cts. per 100, by mail, post- paid. Special loiu prices by the thousand.

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