CUCUMBERS 





Culture — Planting time, 



Southern States: For 

 bleaching celery, June 

 to August; for seasoning 

 purposes, any month. 

 Plant IV2 ounces to 150 

 feet of row. Sow seed 

 in a bed, cover with 

 canvas to protect from 

 heat. Transplant to large 

 bed when oLout 3 Inches 

 high, to rows 3 feet 

 apart, plants 8 inches 

 apart. When about ma- 

 tured earth is brought 

 up around the plants or 

 boards are placed on 

 both side of rows for 

 proper bleaching. Ap>- 

 proximate time of ma- 

 turity is given after each 

 variety. This varies with 

 climatic conditions and 

 soil. 



GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING 



GOLDEN PLUME CELERY— Early, delicious 

 and self-blcmching. 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 market- 

 ing and home use. Extra fine strain. 



GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING — 118 days. 



Solid, very tender, golden yellow color 

 brittle with delicious flavor. We cannot 

 recommend this variety too highly. 



GIANT PASCAL— 135 days. Grows about 2 

 feet high, forms broad, thick, crisp stalks, 

 entirely stringless. Very desirable and 

 planted extensively throughout the South. 



WHITE PLUME CELERY— 112 days. Early va- 

 riety, leaves bright green, tinged white, 

 easily blanched, solid, crisp, fine quality. 



CELERIAC TURNIP ROOTED— 135 days. Forms 

 a turnip-shaped root which is used exten- 

 sively for soup, sliced and cooked, or salad. 



Culture — Planting time. 

 Southern States, Sprmg, Feb- 

 ruary to Juiy; Fall, August 

 to September. Plant five 

 ounces to 150 feet of row, 4 

 pounds to acre. Sow in hills 

 3 to 4 feet apart. Each hill 

 should be fertilized heavily 

 with rich decomposed ma- 

 nure or other suitable ferti- 

 lizer. Plant about 8 to 10 

 seeds to each hill. Approximate number of 

 days to edible condition given after each 

 variety. 



A & C — 60 days. Fine dark green variety. 

 Disease resistant vines which produce 

 an abundant crop of uniform cucumbers, 

 fully 10 inches long and straight. 



CUBIT — A dark green, white spine, averag- 

 ing 9 inches in length. Ideal for slicing 

 and shipping v/ith firm white flesh. 



ASHLEY — 66 days. Vigorous vines and 

 very productive. Fruits dark green, long 

 and taper to the stem end. 



F-1 HYBRID SUPERSLICER— Long, slender, 

 and dark green fruits, cylindrical and 

 heavy producer. 



MARKETER — 70 days. Noted for uniform- 

 ity, deep green in color, has become 

 the leading early shipper. Fruits me- 

 dium dork green, slightly tapered to 

 both ends. 



IMPROVED LONG GREEN— 70 days. Very 

 dork green, length about 12 inches, one 

 of the best and largest cucumbers on the 

 market, none better. Excellent for table 

 and shipping. 



HOTKAPS 



Individual hothouse ior plants. See 

 page 40 for prices. 



STRAIGHT EIGHT— 65 days. Almost cy- 

 lindrical fruits; well rounded on ends, 

 straight and eight inches in length. Deep 

 green, very productive and vigorous 

 growing, ideal for slicing. 



JAPANESE CLIMBING — 60 days. Strong, vig- 

 orous vines can be grown on trellis. Cu- 

 cumbers 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 

 distinct from all others and grown ex- 

 clusively for pickles. Fruits should be 

 picked when young and tender. Seed is 

 distinctly smaller than that of other cu- 

 cumbers 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 

 extensively for shipping. 



P ALOMAR — 64 days. Early and very pro- 

 ductive. Fruit is even deep green about 

 8 inches long, does extremely well In the 

 South. A new outstanding Downy Mildew 

 Resistant Cucumber. 



PALMETTO — 67 days. Resistant to downy 

 mildew; fruits are very dark green in color 

 and taper slightly at both ends; white 

 spines, an important variety for fall plant- 

 ing in the South. 



SNOW'S or HEINZ PICKUNG— 52 days. An 

 early maturing, small dark green cucumer, 

 round square ended, grown largely for 

 pickling. A very line variety. 



EARLY FORTUNE 



Cucumber Prices 



Pkg. Oz. 



A 4 C S .10 S .35 



fVshley 10 .55 



Improved Long Green 10 .35 



Straight Eight 10 .35 



Japanese Climbing 10 .35 



West India Gherkin 10 .35 



Slaysgreen 10 .25 



Palomar-DMR 10 .50 



F-1 Hybrid Superslicer 40 4.50 



Snow's or Heinz Pickling 10 .35 



Cubit 10 .50 



Palmetto 10 .55 



Marketer 10 .50 



-Postpaid - 



V4 lb. 



S .80 



1.00 



.80 



.80 



.80 



.80 



.75 



1.10 



.75 



.90 



1.00 



.90 



Lb. 

 $2.75 

 3.50 

 2.75 

 2.75 

 2.75 



2.50 

 3.75 



2.50 

 3.00 

 3.25 

 2.85 



5 lbs. 

 $12.50 



12.50 

 12.50 

 12.50 



11.25 



11.25 



CUBIT 



Celery Prices 



Pkg. Oz. 



Golden Plume S .15 $1.00 



Golden Self Blanching 15 1.00 



Giant Pascal 15 1.00 



White Plumo IS 1.00 



Celeriac or Turnip Rooted 15 .90 



-Poslpaid- 



1/4 lb. 



$3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 3.00 

 2.85 



Lb. 

 $10.50 

 10.50 

 10.50 

 10.50 



9.00 



STECKLER SEED COMPANY, Inc.. NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 



