KEPOKT ON THE VARIETIES OF CUCUMBEK. CS 



Butler's Extra fine Frame (Butler & McCuUocb), is the 

 same as this. 



10. Green's lady Antrobus .. Cxiaklwood & Cummins. 



Fruit 14 inches long, even and straight, Avith very few and 

 small mamillae ; neck very short and thick, swelling out to a 

 round shoulder. The fruit tapers from the shoulder to the 

 point, and is thick throughout its ^vhole length, 



Garaway's Ne plus. Ultra (Garaway & Co.)^ and Sir Colin 

 Campbell (Turner), are synonymous with this. 



11. Hamilton's Hero of Thornfield . Sutton & Sons. 



Fruit 17 inches long, thick, and rather coarse-looking, covered 

 with lai^ge and prominent mamillae; neck long, tapering, and 

 rather thick, smooth four inches from the stalk. 



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[ Ward's Great Wester 

 Weedon's Simimetr^f ( 



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an inferior variety. 



Vi. Henderson's A 1 . . E. G. Henderson k Son. 



Fruit 17 inches long, straight and even, with small, and not 

 numerous mamilte, obscurely ribbed, and of a fine dark colour; 

 neck small, long, and tapering. This was considered by the 

 Committee the second best of the black-spined varieties. 

 Wild's No. 1 (Wild, of Ipswich) is synonymous ^Ylth this. 



13. Jennings* Worcester Champion Hurst & McMuixen. 



Fruit 18 inches long, straight, and slender, very slightly ribbed, 

 and with small mamillse that are not numerous. It has scarcely 

 any neck, and is destitute of spines for 3 inches of its length 

 from the stalk. Its great fault is, that it becomes yellow at the 

 point, a peculiarity it acquires at a very early stage of its growth. 

 This was considered the third best of the black spines. 



14. Lord Kenyon . . . Chaulwood & Cummins. 



Fruit 11 inches long, with a short thick neck, and a short thick 

 round shoulder, whence it tapers to the point. It appears to be 

 fitted only for ridge or handglass culture. 



15. Mills' Jewess • . . Chaelwood & Cummins. 



Fruit 16 inches long, straight, even, and rather thick ; obscurely 

 ribbed, and with large, rather flat mamillse, bearing stout black 



spines ; neck long and smooth. 

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