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Star of the West. Long, hardy, handsome ; described 

 as extra fine. 



Stockwood. One of the best sorts for forcing. It is 

 remarkably hardy and prolific, and succeeds well grown in a 

 common hotbed. Length fifteen to twenty inches. It some- 

 times produces three or four fruit at a joint. 



Southgate. This variety has been pronounced the most 

 productive, and the best for forcing, of all the prize sorts. 

 It is not so late as many of the English varieties, and will 

 frequently succeed well if grown in the open ground. 



Sugden's Aldershott. Remarkably large and handsome, 

 one of the finest of the prize sorts. The fruit sometimes 

 attains a length of three feet. 



Victory of Bath. Length about seventeen inches. Well 

 adapted for forcing or for the general crop. 



This is a large-sized variety, and somewhat Long Green 

 later than the White-spined. The plant is a LOXGPKICKLY. 



EAKLY LONG 



strong grower, and the foliage of a deep green GREEN ^KICKLY. 

 color ; the fruit is about seven inches in length, straight, and 

 generally angular ; skin dark green, changing to yellow as 

 the fruit approaches maturity, when fully ripe, it is red- 

 dish-brown, and is often reticulated about the insertion of 

 the stem ; prickles black ; flesh white, somewhat seedy, but 

 crisp, tender, and well flavored. 



The Long Green Prickly is hardy and productive ; makes 

 a good pickle, if plucked while young ; and is well deserving 

 of cultivation. It differs from the London Long Green and 

 the Long Green Turkey in its form, which is much thicker 

 in proportion to its length ; and also in the character of its 

 flesh, which is more pulpy and seedy. 



A distinct and well-defined variety ; when 

 full grown, sometimes measuring nearly eigh- 



