Now, the only
varieties worth raising cut as solid as a mellow pear. The
following is Gregory's list of varieties: Livingston's Beauty,
Alpha, Acme, Canada Victor, Arlington, General Grant. I will add
Trophy and Mikado. If a yellow variety is desired, try Golden
Trophy.
If the tomato needs warm weather in which to thrive, the egg-plant
requires that both days and nights should be hot. It is an East
Indiaman, and demands curry in the way of temperature before it
loses its feeble yellow aspect and takes on the dark green of
vigorous health. My method is simply this: I purchase strong
potted plants between the twentieth of May and the first of June,
and set them out in a rich, warm soil. A dozen well-grown plants
will supply a large family with egg-fruit. Of course one can start
the young plants themselves, as in the case of tomatoes; but it
should be remembered that they are much more tender and difficult
to raise than is the tomato. Plants from seed sown in the open
ground would not mature in our latitude, as a rule. The best plan
is to have the number you need grown for you by those who make it
their business. Eggplants are choice morsels for the potato-
beetle, and they must be watched vigilantly if we would save them.
There is no better variety than the New York Improved.
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