62 REPORT ON THE VARIETIES OF CUCUMBER. 



of some of the minor characters that were allowed to determine 

 differences, the number could with safety have been very much 

 farther reduced. 



The following are the varieties that have been found to be dis- 

 tinct, and the classification that is here adopted will show the 

 relation they bear to each other : 



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. I.— FRUIT NOT GLAUCOUS. 



Surface quite Smooth. 

 Carter's Champion. Cuthill's Highland Mary. 



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Surface Spiny. 



1. Spines Black, 

 Sir Colin Campbell, 



2. Spines White tipped with Black. 

 Bird's Improved Sion House. 



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3. Spines White. 



Improved Sioa House. Kenyon's Improved. 



Kirklees Hall D efiance. 



II.-FROTT GLAUCOUS, AND COVERED WITH MAMILL^ 



WHICH ARE SURMOUNTED WITH SPINES. 



1. Spines Black. 

 Dr. Livingstone. Henderson's A I 



Frogmore Frame. Jennings' Worcester Champion. 



(xreensLadyAntrobus. Lord Kenyon 



Hamilton's Hero of Thornfield. Mills' Jewess. 



Rifleman. 



3. Spines White tipped with Black. 

 Ayres' Proliac Black Spine. Hamilton's Market Favourite. 

 Hamilton s Surprise. Kelway's Defiance. 



Phenomenon. . 



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3. Spines White. 



Butler's Eugenie. Gun Barrel. 



r ri ?r wu .^'i'"''- ^'^^'^ Conqueror. 



Cuthill s White Spine. Himalaya 



Dickson 8 Newtown Hero. Hunter's Prolific. 



?n7w« IVVf ^- • ^"^^'"''^ Manchester Prize. 



Godfrey 8 White Spme. Latter's Victory of England. 



■ Lee's Prolific. 



