1 6 J. MANNS & CO., Forrest and Hillen Sts., Baltimore, Md. 



SUPERIOR VEGETABLE SEEDS 



Cucumbers 



1 ounce to 100 lulls. 



CULTURE. Plant as soon as the weather 

 becomes settled in hills 4 feet apart each 

 way, with 8 or 10 seeds in each hill, covei 

 half an inch deep, smoothing the hill off 

 with the hoe. .Keep the soil well stirred, 

 and when the plants are out of danger of 

 inseets.leave 3 or 4 plants to the hill. For 

 pickles, plant from the 

 first of June to the first 

 Klondike JE 0I August. The fruit 

 Cucumber. {l fifjp, should be gathered when 

 large enough, 



whether required V 

 Tor use or not. \ 

 ■ s. if left to 

 lipen on the 



^LINGTOH 



vines, it destroys their productive uses. 



Arlington White Spine J r h e e ^SJES 



in outline, uniform in size, averaging 7 

 to 8 inches in length, straight, and of a 

 rich dark green color. Flesh white, 

 crisp and solid, with comparatively 

 few seeds. Vines of vigorous growth 

 and very productive. Pkt., 5c; J /t lb., 

 35c; lb., 90c. 

 KlnnrlilfP *-" recent introduction, has ai- 

 lYlUllUlnc ready become a favorite with 

 market gardeners and shippers all over 

 the country. The handsome dark green 

 cucumbers average 7 inches long and 2 

 inches in diameter, and demand the 

 highest price when offered on any mar- 



Wit,, 



% lb., 40c; lb., $1.25. 



.arly Green Cluster ^riST 1 &S 



clusters; prolific; fine for bottle pickles. 

 Pkt., 5c; % lb., 25c; lb., 90c. 



Fordhook Famous l^Jt^t^Zt 



ber produces perfectly smooth, very 

 dark green, handsome straight fruit, 

 measuring 12 to 17 inches long. They 

 are always solid, flesh being a greenish 

 white, firm, crisp and of most delicious 

 flavor. It is a great cropper, and fruil 

 >s full of flesh, with but few seeds Pkt. 

 5c; % lb., 40c; lb., $1.25, 



Cumberland lhis new p lckI i n s variety 



I/UUIUCI IdllU «as produced by a cross 

 between White Spine and Paris Pickling. 

 It combines the slim, straight shapes, 

 fine spines and crisp flesh of the Paris 

 Pickling with the vigor and productive- 

 ness of the White Spine. The fruit is 

 covered with fine spines except at the 

 stem end. It makes a very fine quality 

 of pickles, being of best shape, and good 

 deep green and crisp. The vines are 

 healthy and productive. Pkt. 5c- V. 

 lb., 35c; lb„ $1.00. 



Farlv Pvrlnno Jt is not on, y the earliest 



kdriy 1/ytlOne cucumber in cultivation 

 being fully two weeks ahead of White 

 Spine, but it is of the desirable White 

 Spine type, being shorter, thicker and 

 holding better its deep green color than 

 any other early Cucumber in cultivation 

 It is very prolific, and grows its fruits in 

 bunches of threes and fours of uni- 

 form size and shape. A single hill will 

 sometimes produce from 10 to 12 shapelv 



sioo mb<?rs Pkt " 5c; Vi Ib " 30c: "'•• 



Boston Pickling or Green Prolific chaI ■! 



acteristics are its uniform growth, sel- 

 dom yielding Cucumbers too large for 

 pickling, and its immense productiveness. 

 Pkt., 5c; % lb., 30c; lb., 90c. 



I nniT Croon < - )ur carefully-selected strain. 



LOug UlCCll under favorable conditions, 

 produces fruit averaging from 12 to 16 

 inches in length. Skin is a deep rich 

 green, flesh solid, crisp and of excellent 

 quality. Pkt., 5c; % lb., 40c; lb., $1.25. 



Japanese Climbing 



"Vines are extra 

 strong, vigorous; be- 

 ing a climbing sort, can be grown on 

 trellises, etc.; valuable in small gardens. 

 Very prolific, from 40 to 50 having been 

 counted on single plants. Fruit long, 

 round, of fine flavor. Pkt., 5c; "V4 lb., 

 40c; lb., $1.50. 



Evergreen Extra Long White Spine 



This is a strain of White Spine Cu- 

 cumber with longer fruit than the 

 old type. The cucumbers grow 10 inches 

 long, and are straight and handsome 

 and of fine quality, and retain their 

 green color for a long time. Matures a 

 little later than the early strain, but 

 the fruit is larger and handsomer. One 

 of the best varieties. Oz„ 10c; *4 lb., 

 40c; lb., $1.25. 



As How selected, this 

 paputfef new variety is 

 well worthy of praise. The long, even 

 fruits are of fine form, with an intensely 

 dark rich green skin. With very few- 

 seeds, the solid white flesh is of superb 

 quality for slicing. So handsome and 

 regular are the fruits that they bring 

 an extra price on market, often being 

 taken for "hot-house grown." The vines 

 are of strong growth and quite prolific. 

 Pkt., 5c; % lb., 40c; lb., $1.25. 



lareav PirUo In sIze between the Half 

 Jclaey 1 ItnlC Long and Long Green, 

 and is used extensively by pickle grow- 

 ers, being productive and of deep green 

 color. Pkt., 5c; J/» lb., 30c; lb., 90c. 



Very small, quite dis- 

 tinct from all others. 

 It is grown exclusively for pickling, and 

 should be picked when young and ten- 

 der. Pkt., 5c and 10c; % lb., 35c; lb., 

 $1.25. 



Davis' Perfect 



Gherkins or Burr 



Davis Perfect Cucumber. 



