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See also:AUBERGINE (diminutive of Fr. auberge, a variant of alberge, a See also:kind of See also:peach), or See also:EGG PLANT (Solanum melongena, See also:var. ovigerum)
, a See also:tender See also: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 of its fruits, which are eaten as a See also:vegetable
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The See also:seed should be sown See also:early in See also:February in a warm See also:pit, where the See also:plants are grown till shifted into 8-in. or ro-in. pots, in well-manured See also:soil
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Liquid manure should be given occasionally while the See also:fruit is swelling; about four fruits are sufficient for one plant
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The See also:French growers sow them in a brisk See also:heat in See also:December, or early in See also:January, and in See also: |
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