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a rival of Delmonico. Later crops were sold to Taylor, and Arch- 

 deacon & Canty, now Archdeacon & Co., of New York, and also in 

 part in Boston. 



"The variety of cucumber grown was mostly the New Jersey 

 Hybrid, a cross between the old White Spine and one of the longer 

 English varieties. It produced a fruit about ten to twelve inches 

 long, weighing about three-fourths of a pound. In 1865, the product 







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Fig. 12. — Eclipse. A new forcing tomalo of merit. 



was $460.97; in 1866, $688.92; in 1867, $746.18. (This same year 

 I contracted with Wm. Taylor to supply strawberries at $9.00 per 

 quart in February, $7.00 in March, and $5.00 in April.) In 1868 

 the cucumbers brought $1092.52, and I decided to give up straw- 

 berries as I had grapes several years before, and grow cucumbers 

 only. In 1869, the cucumber crop sold for $1,588.88. This has 



