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crops of cucumbers coming on. If the first and second 

 should be killed, the third will be apt to come through all 

 right, and in this way much valuable time is saved. If 

 none of the plants are killed you are that much better off, 

 for when all danger of frost is over you can cut up all but 

 the oldest plants. 



VARIETIES. 



The Improved Perfected 

 White Spine is the most 

 popular variety. It has a 

 medium vine, fruit about six 

 inches long, and about two 

 and a half inches in diameter, 

 and spines white. It holds its 

 dark green color a long time 

 after shipping. The Early 

 Fortune is a very popular 

 kind, its color dark green, and 

 is an exceedingly heavy bear- 

 er, popular with both truck- 

 ers and consumers. 



The Davis Perfect is an- 

 other excellent variety, being 

 long and slim. If wrapped 

 and packed in tomato crates 



these will sell for very fancy prices, as they resemble the 



hot-house grown stock. 



CULTIVATION. 



Keep the soil well stirred, working the plants both ways. 

 If you wish to hurry your crop, give it two applications of 

 nitrate of soda, 150 pounds to the acre at a' time, fifteen 

 days between the applications. 



Imp. Perfected White Spine 

 Cucumber Ready for Shipping 



