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ling, but does not pioduee as many first class pickles as 

 The New Evergreen or White Spine. The Giant Pera 

 and Japanese Climbing are both interesting varieties and 

 are worthy of a trial, as a novelty, on a small scale. They 

 fail to fill the bill as a market variety, being coarse and 

 light colored. They may be adapted to some sections, but 

 there are several better varieties for New England. Liv- 

 ingstone's Evergreen will grow to slicing size in sixt3'-five 

 days. It produces a large crop of handsome pickles and 

 the slicers are of good size and hold their color well Tt 

 is a good variet}^ and with me, it is second only to the Im- 

 proved White Spine. Consumers and dealers demand 

 straight, handsome, dark green cucumbers that will keep 

 several days when necessary, and not change color. The 

 Improved White Spine is the only variety that completely 

 fills the bill. While discussing varieties with one of the 

 best market gardeners in Essex County a few weeks ago, I 

 assured him I could ■find nothing better^ whereupon he re- 

 marked that the Improved White Spine was good enough 

 to fill the bill for a century to come; I agree with him. 

 The best is good enough for all, and I would advise all to 

 plant tliis variety for main crop, putting in just enough of 

 Thorburn's 189(3 Pickler, or some other early variety, to 

 furnish a supply for a couple of weeks. The White Spine 

 required sixty -seven days to produce slicers this year. 

 Some enterprising grower ought to perfect a strain of it 

 that would be ten days earlier without eliminating any of 

 its good points. If I had planted this variety exclusively 

 this year, I should have had several dollars in my pocket 

 that are not there, but I should not have this experience 

 to give to others. And while I shall depend upon this va- 

 riety for business purposes next year, I shall probably 

 plant beside it another half-dozeii of the much lauded 

 kinds, and lose money and gain experience by doing it. 



