REPORT ON THE VARIETIES OF CUCUMBER. 63 



.Class I.— FRUIT NOT GLAUCOUS/ 



These are distinguished by the fruit- being of a bright and 

 lively green colour, and destitute of that glaucescence or bloom 

 which is generally found on the varieties in Class II. They are 

 also destitute of mamillse or warts, and are never furrowed or 

 ribbed as those in Class II. They are sometimes called *' the 

 Siou House race." 



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1. Carter*s Champion . ... James Carter & Co. 



Fruit a foot long, straight, smooth, and somewhat angular all 

 round, the planes between the angles being about half an inch 

 wide. Neck thick and short. 



The plant is an excellent bearer, and the fruit is solid and firm. 

 This was considered the best of the smooth or Sion House class. 



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Monroes Prolific differs from this merely in having a few white 

 spines strewed over its surface. 



2. Bird's Improved Sion House . . , C. Tubkeb. 



Fruit 15 inches long, with a long neck, and somewhat similar to 

 Kenyon's Improved^ but thicker towards the point, and having the 

 spines white tipped with black. 



3. CutMirs Highland Mary . . Jas. Cuthill. 



Fruit a foot long, smooth, straight, and with a neck. Plant, a 

 good bearer and early. 



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4. Improved Sion House . , . Carter & Co. 



Fruit 16 inches long, thick, straight, and angular, like 

 Carter's Champion, but differing from it in being strewed with a 

 few short white spines. It is of a fine dark green colour, and 

 handsonae, but inclines to be coarse. 



Improved 



Smith. 



A very handsome fruit, 15 inches long, with a short and 

 tapering neck ; straight, smooth, and inclining to be ribbed, as 

 Well as covered with a very delicate glaucous bloom, indicating 

 an admixture of the strain of Class II. It is strewed with 



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white spines, and was considered the finest of the white-spined 



Sion House race. .... 



Clarlies Wonder (Hurst & McMuUen), and Kiplin Black 



Spine (Henderson), proved the same as this ; while Hendersons 



Napoleon HI. was much similar, but thick, coarse, and inferior. 



