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AUBERGINE (diminutive of Fr. auberge, a variant of alberge, a kind of peach), or EGG PLANT (Solanum melongena, var. ovigerum)

AUBERGINE (diminutive of Fr. auberge, a variant of alberge, a See also:
KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)
kind of See also:
PEACH
PEACH, CHARLES WILLIAM (1800-1886)
peach), or See also:
EGG (O.E. aeg, cf. Ger. Ei, Swed. aegg, and prob. Gr. u,ov, Lat. ovum)
EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD (1816-1863)
EGG PLANT (Solanum melongena, See also:
VAR
var. ovigerum) , a See also:

TENDER

tender See also:

ANNUAL

annual widely cultivated in the warmer parts of the See also:

earth, and in See also:

France and See also:

Italy, for the See also:

SAKE

sake of its fruits, which are eaten as a See also:

VEGETABLE

vegetable. The See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed should be sown See also:

early in See also:

FEBRUARY

February in a warm See also:

PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit, where the See also:

PLANTS

plants are grown till shifted into 8-in. or ro-in. pots, in well-manured See also:

SOIL

soil. Liquid manure should be given occasionally while the See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit is swelling; about four fruits are sufficient for one plant. The See also:

French growers sow them in a brisk See also:

HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December, or early in See also:

JANUARY

January, and in See also:

March plant them out four or eight in a hot-See also:

bed with a bottom heat of from 6o° to 68°, the sashes being gradually more widely opened as the See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season advances, until at about the end of May they may be taken off. The two See also:

main branches which are allowed are pinched to induce laterals, but when the fruits are set all See also:

young shoots are taken off in See also:

order to increase their See also:

SIZE

size. The best variety is the large See also:

PURPLE

purple, which produces oblong fruit, sometimes reaching 6 or 7 in. in length and to or 12 in. in circumference. The fruit of the See also:

ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form almost exactly resembles the egg of the domestic See also:

FOWL (Dan. Fugl, Ger. Vogel)

fowl. It is also grown as an ornamental plant, for covering walls or trellises; especially the See also:

black-fruited kind.

End of Article: AUBERGINE (diminutive of Fr. auberge, a variant of alberge, a kind of peach), or EGG PLANT (Solanum melongena, var. ovigerum)

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