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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



white at apex; tip stripes very narrow, not prominent and extend 

 one-quarter or less the length of the fruit. Tubercles few and 

 obscure. Spines white. Flesh very thick, greenish white in color. 

 Seed mass very small, solid. 



Salad. Syn. White. 



This novelty originated with Mrs. T. P. Mony of 

 Oakland, California, who sent a few seeds to Aggeler 

 & Musser of Los Angeles, California, in 1920. After 

 a year's trial it was introduced as White, although in 

 1924 the name was changed to Salad, and as such is still 

 offered. 



The fruits are most like those of White Wonder, 

 but differ from that variety in color, being more greenish 

 yellow at the immature stage and brighter lemon yellow 

 at full maturity. 



Fruit moderately short and moderately slender, 6-7 x 2-2 1 j 

 inches. Shape irregularly oval, straight; base rounded, usually 

 larger than apex, medial somewhat unevenly swollen, apex tapered. 

 Cross-section nearly circular at base, triangular at medial and 

 apex. Color pale greenish yellow at immature stage, changing 

 to lemon yellow and at full maturity bright yellow. Tubercles 

 moderately few but prominent. Spines black. Flesh uneven in 

 thickness, thinner along furrows, very juicy and mildly flavored. 

 White in color. Seed mass large, with small triangular cavity 

 present at center, tissue light green in color. 



Siberian. Refs. 6, 12, 13, 14, 21, 23, 49, 57, 63, 75, 79. 



Syns. Early Siberian, Extra Early Siberian, New 



Siberian. 

 This small early sort was introduced by Northrup, 

 Braslan and Goodwin of Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 

 1889. No definite information concerning its origin is 

 available although its name would lead one to suspect 

 its relationship to Early Russian. The fruits are 1 J 2 _ 2 

 inches longer than those of Early Russian, slightly 

 more tapered at the base, much the same color, and 

 distinctly more spiny. 



Fruits short and slender, S-S 1 ^ x l"g-2 inches. Shape short 

 oval, straight, symmetrical; base abruptly tapered, medial even and 

 apex rounded. Cross-section nearly circular in all portions. Color 

 medium to rather light green over the entire surface; tip stripes 

 prominent and extend one-half the length of the fruit. Tubercles 

 many, very small, pimple-like. Spines black, very many. 



Mature fruits orange brown in color with skin considerably 

 cracked, much like that of Netted Russian. 



Snow's Pickling. Ref. 22. Syns. Fancy Pickle, Fancy 

 Pickling, Snow's Early, Snow's Fancy Pickling, 

 Snow's Perfected Pickle. 

 To Mr. J. C. Snow of the famous Snow Pickle Farm 

 of Rockford, Illinois, goes the credit of originating this 

 very popular pickling variety. It resulted from a 

 selection made by Mr. Snow out of Chicago Pickling 

 sometime prior to 1905 after which it was listed by 

 the Vaughan Seed House of Chicago, Illinois. The 

 fruits are a little shorter than those of Chicago Pickling 

 and lack the heavy shoulders at the stem end of that 

 variety. It is primarily used for small pickle manu- 

 facture, for it is usually considered to be too short and 

 chubby for good dill size. 



Fruit short and slender, 5-6 x 1 '■ -V ■ :nches. Shape nearly 

 cylindrical, straight, moderately symmetrical; base rounded, medial 

 even, slightly tapering to base and abruptly tapered to rounded apex. 

 Cross-section nearly circular at base, slightly triangular at medial 



and apex. Color moderately dark green, somewhat lighter at apex; 

 tip stripes narrow, rather prominent and extend one-third the 

 length of the fruit. Tubercles few. rather obscure and small. 

 Spines black. Flesh thin, greenish white in color. Seed mass 

 moderately large, with small triangular cavity at medial. 



Pickles short oval; base rounded; apex moderately rounded; 

 ridges obscure, depressions slight. Cross-section moderately tri- 

 angular. Color moderately dark green at base, tinted greenish 

 white at apex. Tubercles medium in number and evenly distributed. 



Stxaight-8. 



This variety, listed for the first time in 1935 was 

 originated by Ferry-Morse Seed Co. of Detroit. Where 

 grown in competitive trials it has received universal 

 acclaim and received a gold medal in the 1935 All America 

 Awards. Selections in a field of a white spined variety 

 were first made in 1928. These selections were continued 

 as separate lines, one of which having a high degree of 

 fruitfulness, was considered of unusual value. Five 

 generations of inbreeding resulted in the perfection of 

 this new sort which was sent out for trade trial in a 

 limited way in 1934. 



Fruit medium long and moderately slender, 8-9 x 2-2 1 4 inches. 

 Shape cylindrical, very symmetrical, straight; base and apex uni- 

 formly rounded, medial even; ridges and depressions absent. Cross- 

 section circular at all portions. Color very dark green, marked 

 obscurely with narrow dark greenish tip stripes, one-quarter or 

 less the length of the fruit. Tubercles moderately many, small and 

 rather obscure. Spines white. Flesh medium thick and nearly 

 white in color. Seed mass medium large and solid. 



Tailby"* Hybrid. Refs. 3, 12, 13, 16, 18, 19, 21. 26, 



48, 50, 57, 75, 76, 79. Syns. Bismarck, Giant 



Tailby Hybrid, Improved Bismarck, New Orleans 



Market, Peerless New Orleans Market, Tailby. 



Joseph Tailby of Wellesley, Massachusetts, was one 



of the first American gardeners to cross the so-called 



American cucumber with the English forcing sorts. He 



used White Spine and Dickson's All-the -Year-Round, 



one of the largest and most attractive sorts, to obtain 



his hybrid. It was exhibited for the first time at the 



annual show of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 



in 1872 and was acclaimed a decided acquisition to 



the industry. Two of the first seedsmen to offer it 



were James J. H. Gregory of Marblehead, Mass., who 



included it in his catalog of 1874 and B. K. Bliss of 



New York in 1878. The fruits of this variety were 



somewhat larger than White Spine and apparently 



retained much of the smoothness of the English parent. 



Records indicate that it was a profuse yielder. 



Fruit medium long and moderately plump, 8-9 x 2 , 2-2 3 4 

 inches. Shape oblong fusiform, straight; base and apex tapered, 

 medial swollen; surface rather uneven. Cross-section moderately 

 triangular at base and distinctly so at medial and apex. Color 

 very dark green, often finely speckled with yellowish-green; tip 

 stripes obscure and extend less than one-quarter the length of the 

 fruit. Tubercles few, rather obscure except in young stages. 

 Spines white. Flesh thick, white in color. 



Vaughan. Refs. 22, 57. 



Originally the Vaughan was a greenhouse forcing 

 variety which was developed by a Mr. Dilger of Chicago, 

 Illinois. It was secured by the Vaughan Seed Store and 

 introduced to the trade in 1920. Apparently some 

 selection was practiced, for now the variety is recom- 



