Easy to Grow--CUCUMBERS--Good to Eat 
Golden Plume 
CELERY 
Culture—Planting time, Southern States. For 
bleaching celery, June to August for season- 
ing purposes, any month. Plant 142 ounces 
to 150 feet of row. Sow seed in a bed, cover 
with canvas to protect from heat. Transplant 
to large bed when about 3 inches high to rows 
3 feet apart, plant 8 inches apart. When about 
matured earth is brought up around the 
plants or boards are placed on both sides 
of rows for proper bleaching. Approximate 
time to maturity is given after each variety, 
this varies with climatic conditions and soil. 
GOLDEN PLUME CELERY—Early, delicious 
and self-blanching. Early maturing, large 
and vigorous grower, easy to cultivate, 
very attractive and when matured is most 
inviting. Foliage creamy yellow and 
stalks creamy white, brittle, tender and 
well flavored, profitable for marketing 
and home use. Extra fine strain. 
ber. 
Plant about 8 to 10 seeds to each hill. 
after each variety. 
EARLY FORTUNE—70 days. 
A & C—60 days. Fine dark green vareity. 
Disease resistant vines which produce 
an abundant crop of uniform cucumbers, 
fully 10 inches long and straight. 
CLARK’S SPECIAL—60 days. An out- 
standing variety, deep green in color, 
symmetrical fruits about 9 to 10 inches 
long. Very firm and considered one of 
the best for shipping. Bears abundantly 
from early to late in the season. Truly 
a very fine variety. 
DAVIS PERFECT—65 days. Dark glossy 
green color, average length 10 to 12 
inches. Seeds soft, cucumber tender and 
brittle. Unexcelled for quality, shape, 
color, productiveness, for the table or 
shipping. 
An excellent 
shipping variety, producing very attrac- 
tive white spined fruits of rich dark green 
color. The fruits average uniformly about 
nine inches long, cylindrical or slightly 
tapered at ends. Seed cavity very small, 
flesh thick, crisp and tender, Recom- 
mended as one of the best shipping sorts 
yet introduced. 
STECKLER’S IMPROVED LONG GREEN— 
70 days. Very dark green, length about 
12 inches, one of the best and largest 
cucumber on the market, none better. Ex- 
cellent for table and shipping. 
(STRAIGHT EIGHT—65 days. Almost 
cylindical fruits; well rounded on ends, 
straight and eight inches in length. Deep 
green, very productive and vigorous 
growing, ideal for slicing. 
Culture—Planting time, Southern States, Spring, February to July; Fall, August to Septem- 
Plant five ounces to 150 feet of row, 4 pounds to one acre. 
Each hill should be fertilized heavily with rich decomposed manure or other suitable fertilizer. 
Approximate number of days to edible condition given 
Sow in hills 3 to 4 feet apart. 
Clark’s Special 
All-America Selections—Award of Merit 
STECKLER’S CLIMBING—560 days. Sirong, vig- 
orous vines can be grown on trellis. Cucum- 
bers round, about 10 inches long, thick. 
Grown extensively for shipping and table. 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN—(For Pickles) 60 days. 
Very small, oval fruits, prickly sort, very dis- 
tinct from all others and grown exclusively 
for pickles. Fruits should be picked when 
young and tender. Seed is distinctly smaller 
than that of other cucumbers and requires 
from two to three weeks to germinate. 
STAYSGREEN—60 days. The greenest of the 
Long White Spine varieties. Hardy, large 
fruited, of excellent shape and uniform. A 
favorite among market gardeners. Used ex- 
tensively for shipping. 
LONGFELLOW—70 days. A very attractive 
long, dark green variety. Fruits 12 to 15 
inches long, fine for slicing, few seeds and 
an ideal type. 
IMPROVED WHITE SPINE—60 days. Prolific, 
continuous producer of uniform, large and 
cylindrical cucumbers. Excellent for slicing. 
A favorite wherever grown. 
SNOW’S or HEINZ PICKLING—52 days. An 
early maturing, small dark green cucumber, 
round square ended, grown largely for pick- 
ling. A very fine variety. 
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All America Selections—Gold Medal 
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GIANT PASCAL—135 days. Grows about 2 Early Fortune +10 +25 -60 1.75 8.25 
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WHITE PL c Ya Esti eee Steckler’s Climbing -10 +35 -80 2.65 12.75 
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CELERIAC TURNIP ROOTED—135 days. Forms Longfellow sesserereecae seeneneueeeesseecsnneneravseceeserseseenesees -10 35 -80 2.65 12.75 
a turnip-shaped root which is used exten- Improved White Spine... neeLO -30 -70 2.25 10.75 
sively for soup, sliced and cooked, or salad. Snow's or Heinz Pickling....csccssessssscssessecssneesese .10 .25 65 2.00 9.50 
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Against Rain—Wind—Bugs and Golden’ Plume.) ssisscectcenectsscnrnesctecsesnsneteree $ .15 $ .75 $2.35 $8.50 © * 
Frost—Use HOTKAPS. Have Vege- Golden Self Blanching.. 15 -75 2.35 8.50 
tables and Flowers three weeks Giant Pascal ... 15 55 1.60 5.50 ° Ss 
earlier than others. White Plume... 15 55 1.60 5.50 ? Fret? 
Celeriac or Turnip Rooted. 1S Ash) 1.60 5.50 RE 
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