66 llEPOET ON THE VARIETIES OF CUCUMBER. 



Ipswich Standard (Turner) and MitcheIVs Superb (Charl- 

 wood & Cummins) are synonymous with tliis. 



16. Rifleman 



. TiLEY. 



This has a resemblance to Henderson's A 1, but it has a long 

 tapering neck, and is coarsely furrowed in its length. The 

 mamillae are prominent, and the neck is of an objectionable 

 broiizv colour. 



Dancers Long Black Spine (Butler & McCulloch), Webb's 

 Incomparable Black Spine ( Butler & McCulloch ), General 

 Outram (Wood & Ingram), and Kelivay's Prolific (Wood & 

 Ingram) are synonymous with this. 



2. Spines White tipped ivith Black. 



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17. Ayres* Prolific Black Spine . . C. Tuknee, 



Fruit 13 to 14 inches long, very straight, sh'ghtly furrowed, and' 

 with large prominent mamillse, bearing white spines tipped with 

 black. A handsome and good Cucumber. 



Bird's Hybrid (Turner), Constantine's IncomparaUe (Turner), 

 Kelways Perfection (Fraser, Richardson, & Goad), and Wild's 

 No. 2 (Wild) are all similar, but inferior to this, being much 



coarser. 



18. Hamilton's Surprise . . Hurst & McMullen. 



Fruit 18 inches long, straight, even and slender. And with 

 medium-sized mamillas ; the neck swells out well, and is smooth 

 for the length of 6 inches from tbe stalk. This is a handsome 

 and really good Cucumber, and was considered the third best of 

 the tipped-spined class. 



Turners Favourite (Turner) is synonymous with this. 



19. Hamiltoa's Market Favourite . Sutton & Sons. 



Fruit 16 inches long, straight, slender, slightly furrowed, and 

 with rather prominent mamillse; of uniform thickness through- 

 out the neck tapers gradually, and is smooth for about 4 inches 

 from the stalk. This was considered the best of the tipped- 

 spined section ; and it possesses the best colour, the best form, 

 and every property of a good cucumber. Not only was it the 

 best iu its section, but the best and handsomest in the whole 

 collection. 



20. Kelway's Defiance . . Huhst & McMullex. 

 Fruit 80 inches long, thick and coai'se throughout its \?hole 



