16 



CURRIE BROTHERS COMPANY, MILWAUKEE, WIS. 



Improved Early AVhite Spine. 



CUCUMBERS 



1 oz. to 100 hills. 2 to 3 lbs. to the acre in hills. 

 Culture — Do not sow Cucumber Seed in cold soil. Should you want an early crop, start them In flower pots in the hot-bed 

 or indoors, placing five seeds in each and thin out to three plants when well up. When fairly well rooted, transplant into the 

 open, being careful not to disturb the roots as they are very tender. Before moving them they must be hardened off well 

 and the ground must be fairly warm, and if j'ou have a small window-light handy place it over the plants, mounting same on 

 stones or stakes; this helps to warin the soil. An excellent method of getting a good crop is to place a shovelful of well rotted 

 manure in each hill. Several varieties should be grown, the short-fruited, more prolific sorts for pickling, and the long varie- 

 ties for table use. Plant the hills 4 feet apart. Always pick the fruit when large enough or the vitality of the plant Will 

 become impaired. 



EAJRLY FORTUNE — A recent introduction and is considered IMPROVED LOjVG GREEX — Fine for slicing and for pickles; 

 the finest market cucumber of the Waiite Spine type. The very productive, flesh firm and crisp, fine flavor, and when 

 fruits measure 9 inches long and are slightly tapering. The yellow and' ripe is considered the best for making "s-weet 

 thick flesh is pure white, firm, and unusually crisp, with pickles." Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % lb. .50c; 1 lb. $1.65. 

 very few seeds. The fruits are of a rich, dark green color, Klondike — An early white spined Cucumber, dark green color 

 which does not fade when shipped to distant markets. Pkt. and excellent for slicing. The vines are very hardy, bear- 



10c; oz. 20c; % lb. 45c; lb. ?l-50. " — ' ' ' ' " " 



DAVIS PERFECT — Unequalled in quality, shape and color, for 

 forcing indoors, or for outside growing. The color is a 

 dark, glossy green, shape slim and symmetrical, with an 

 average length of 10 to 12 Inches. It is as early as 'White 



ing fruits about 8 inches long. Uniform in shape, dark 

 green, slightly striped at the ends, retaining the color very 

 vi-ell during hot weather. It is a most excellent shipper and 

 very Jiandsome in appearance. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % lb. 

 40c; 1 lb. ?1.35. 



Spine, a strong grower, and very prolific. It is a splendid Improved Early White Spine — A favorite early variety and one 

 shipper and retains its excellent quality and brittleness of the best for the table; very productive "and tender. Pkt. 

 long after being cut. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; M, lb. 45c; 1 lb. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.35. ' 

 $1.50. Extra I/ong \^Tiite Spine or Evergreen Wliite Spine — ^Largely 



CURRIE'S SIILWAl'KEE PICKLE — The best pickling Cucum- used for forcing by market gardeners. Fruits 8 to 10 inches 

 ber in cultivation. For productiveness it is unequalled, and long; fine for slicing. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % lb. 45c; 1 lb. 

 the quality of the fruit is the very best. We cannot speak $1.50. 



too highly of its merits, and judging from the numerous SHORT GREEN — Extra Selected — A very superior stock which 

 letters we have received in its praise, its fame has become has been carefully selected for pickling, qnd we believe is 

 widespread. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % lb. 45c; 1 lb. $1.50; 5 lbs. today the most perfect strain in existence. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 

 by express $6.75. " 20c; % lb. 45c; 1 lb. $1.50. 



Improved Arlington Forcing White Spine — The earliest and by Japanese Climbing — This variety will take a pole or trellis as 

 far the best forcing strain, growing very uniform In size; easily as anj^ of the Pole or Lima Beans. The fruits are 



color rich green with light green spines, length 7 inches 

 or more, slender. Not only is it the best for forcing, but is 

 unsurpassed for open ground cultivation. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; 

 % lb. 40c; 1 lb. $1.35. 



very handsoine and of a dark green color, particularly val- 

 uable for slicing. Makes excellent pickles ■u^hen young. 

 An enormous cropper. Pkt. 10c; 1 oz. 20c; % lb. 50c; 1 lb. 

 $1.75. 



Abridged list of well known varieties used for 

 pickling and slicing. 



Extra Early Green Prolific, Long Green Turkey. 

 Boston Pickling. Early Frame, Short Green or 

 Gherkin. Pkt. 5c; 1 oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; 1 lb. 

 $1.25. 



FORCING CUCUMBERS. 

 Sow in a hot-bed in Januarj-. February or 

 March, and keep in a temperature of 65 to 70 de- 

 grees. Artificial impregnation of the flowers is 

 necessary when gro-wn under glass. 

 Milvraukee Forcing — The extensive gro'n-ing of 

 Cucumbers under glass in this vicinity has de- 

 veloped a new type of almost perfect charac- 

 teristics. The fruits average IS inches in 

 length when fully grown, are almost spineless 

 and are of a deep green color. Our stock is 

 saved from selected greenhouse grown fruits 

 only. Pkt. 25c; oz. $1.50. 



ENGLISH FRAME VARIETIES. 



Grown chiefly in this countrv in the green- 

 houses of private gardeners. Fruits attain a 

 length of from 12 to 30 inches, straight and slim. 

 Our seed is English green house grown. 



Pkt. 



TelegTaph, Extra Selected and Imported 2.5c 



Model 25c 



Early Fortusu-. DILL SEED — Pkt. 5c: 1 oz.-15c; % lb. 30c; 1 lb. 90c. 



Watch for cucumber beetles and dust vines heavily ^vith Tobacco Dust as soon as they appear. See Insecticides, page SO. 

 Use Currie's Complete Fertilizer «'hen vines begin to trail. See i>age -. 



