42 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1917 



MAULE'S SHAMROCK CUCUMBER. 



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Maule's Shamrock Gucumber 



There are many varieties of White Spiue cucumber for which has been claimed the characteristic of being alwa3's 

 green; but, as a rule, they have all been found wanting. The originator of Shamrock has this to say: "Some j'^ears ago 

 growing two acres of cucumbers for pickles, I found three cucumbers that were green while the rest were yellow. I cut 

 these three cucumbers and found them dead ripe. I saved the seed and planted it the next year by itself, growing some 

 for pickling, and found it 0. K. I found that a few turned partly yellow when ripe. These I discarded and planted the 

 seed again from a green cucumber with a perfect result. The cucumber is dark green, good shape, about like Jersey 

 Pickle, turns light green when dead ripe. It is a good table cucumber and is the best for all market gardeners. 

 Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25, postpaid. 



NEW EARLY (-ORTUNE CUCUMBER. 



268 



New Early Tortune Gucumber 



An attractive new variety, becoming very popular. Early Fortune i.s 

 now being largely grown by market gardeners aud shippers both north 

 and south. In color it is an attractive deep green, which it retains much 

 longer than most otlier sorts. Being fine grained, Its white flesh is ex- 

 ceedingly crisp and brittle, making it an excellent slicing sort. Early 



Fortune is one of the earliest, dark green white spine cucumbers for ship 

 ping as weU as forthe table or market stall. Our seed is grown from the 

 originators stock by one of the best cucumber growers in the United 

 States, who grows them for seed purposes only. There will be a heavy 

 demand for this cucumber so advise early orders. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25, postpaid. 



251 



Klondike Gucumber 



Excellent strain of White 

 Spine, remarkable for the 

 uniformly dark green skin 

 of its shapely fruits. Its 

 good qualities are its ex- 

 treme earliness aud pro- 

 lificness. Very hardy, re- 

 sisting unfavorable weath- 

 er conditions and is a good 

 size for slicing. It is also 

 quite Ann when small and 

 is excellent for pickling. 

 A most prolific bearing 

 sort. Popular with South- 

 ern planters who find a 

 ready inarket for it in the 

 North. Does equally as 

 well in the home garden. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; quarter pound, 30 cents; pound, 90 cents, postpaid. 



