CUCUMBER 



275 



Early White Cucumber. 



of a paler hue which 



cross one another, 



giving it the appear- 

 ance of being cracked. 



The fruit is something 



larger, and the plant 



stronger, than in the 



preceding variety, but 



not quite so early. 

 Long Turkish 



Cucumber. A very 



vigorous grower, with 



leaves of a dark green 



colour until the fruit 



has ripened. The fruit 



is long, slightly curved, 



and measures 12 to 



15 in. in length and between 2 and 3 in. in diameter. It is 



light green when young and turns to dark yellow as it ripens 



and then to brown. When ripe, the skin is marked with tiny 



white lines, resembling 

 that of the Russian 

 Brown Netted Cucumber. 

 It is a very productive 

 variety, a plant yielding 

 generally five or six 

 beautiful fruit. 



Early White Cucum- 

 ber. A variety with 

 elongated, almost cylin- 

 drical fruit, nearly three 

 times as long as broad, 

 at first pale green, but 

 turning, as they ripen, to 

 a porcelain-white. The 

 fruit ripens early, but 

 considerably later than 

 that of the Early Russian 

 Gherkin. 



White Parisian Long 

 Ridge Cucumber. This 

 splendid variety produces 

 smooth fruit, of regular 

 cylindrical shape, as much 

 as 20 in. in length by 3^ 

 Parisian Long Ridge Cucumber. to 4 in. in diameter, all 



