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CUCUMBERS SORTS FOR PICKLING PURPOSES 



'TX) BE a good sort for growing pickles, a variety 

 -* must be both early and prolific. While in the cool 

 northern sections cucumbers thrive during a long season, 

 in most parts they are planted as a second crop to follow 

 early potatoes, or any early garden crop. 



But earliness and prolific character seldom go together 

 with size of individual fruit. Fruits of sorts mentioned 

 below are generally of short, blocky shape, with seed cells 

 way out of proportion to size of fruit. Their flavor does 

 not differ materially from other cucumbers. 



The earliest of all is Early Russian, which develops 

 very small pickles only, but is particularly adapted to 

 sections having cool, short seasons. Boston Pickling 

 or Early Green Prolific as shown above, is a great favorite 

 throughout New England. Wester field or Chicago Pick- 

 ling bears larger pickles and is very popular in the West. 

 Fordhook Pickling is recommended as both a pickling 

 and slicing variety. 



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