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BOSS CUCUMBERS 



MAUIjE'S KARLiY white spine This beautiful Cucumber cannot be praised 



too highly. As a table sort it is unsurpassed, and in productiveness it is truly remarkable. 

 In 1887 one of my customers gathered, betv/een June and September, over 1,000 Cucumbers 

 from a single hill containing three vines. Fruit grows from 5 to 7 inches in length, and 2 to 3 inches 

 in diameter. The accompanying engraving is an exact illustration of an average specimen. They 

 are always as handsome as shown in the out, being uniformly straight, of a rich green color, with 

 few White Spines. It is one of the very best for forcing purposes. The flesh is always tender, crisp 

 and of excellent flavor. Packet. 10 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; J4 lb., 30 cents ; lb., 81.00 ; 5 lbs., $3.00. 



MAlTIiE'S IMPROVED L.ONG GREEN I am confident in describing this variety, no 



words of praise can be too strong for its merits. They are always of superior quality, Arm and crisp, 



growing 12 to 20 inches long. The young fruit makes one of the 

 best of pickles while when ripe they are the best of any for 

 sweet pickles. Vines are strong growers, and fruit is always 

 produced in great abundance, making it one of the most 

 productive varieties in cultivation. Packet, 10 cents; 

 ounce, lb cents ; ^i lb., 30 cents ; lb., $1.00 ; 5 lbs., $3.00. 

 GREEN PROIilPIC— The very finest 

 plclLllng Cuciunber. Of the very best form and 

 quality, yielding at the rate of 200,000 and more 

 pickles per acre, of remarkable uniformity. 

 It is one of tile most valuable improve- 

 ments in its class, and gives satisfaction. 

 Packet, 5 cents ; ounce, 10 cents ; % pound, 

 20 oeuts ■- pound, 65 cents. 





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GIANT PERA.— Vines are strong growers, encumbers 

 early ; very close set together near the hill, so much so ttiat it 

 is one of, if not the most productive long cucumber at pres- 

 ent known. The cucumbers grow very smooth and straight, 

 the skin is a beautiful green, perfectly smooth, free from spines and 

 retains its clear green color until nearly ripe, when the skin becomes 

 of a leathery-brown color. They are very thick through, and perfectly 

 round. They are fit to eat at any stage, flesh is entirely irhile, very clear, 

 peculiarly criap, tender and brittle, with very few seeds and free Irom the 

 obnoxious green cucumber taste. The seed cavity is remarkably small, 

 and the seeds are slow to 

 form. Pkt., 10 cts., oz., 

 15cts.; 141b., 40 cts.; 

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