50 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1916 



MAULE'S SHAMROCK CUCUMBER. 



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Maule's Shannrock Gucomber 



There are many varieties of White Spine cucumber for which has been claimed the characteristic of being ahvays 

 green ; but, as a rule, they have all been found wanting. The originator of Shamrock has this to say : "Some years 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 tho 

 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. 



251 



Klondike Gucomber 



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Excellent strain of White 

 Spine, remarkable for tlie 

 uniformly dark green skin 

 of its shapely fruits. Its 

 good qualities are its ex- 

 treme earliness and pro- 

 liflcness. Very hardy, re- 

 sisting unfavorable weatli- 

 er conditions and is a good 

 size for slicing. It is also 

 quite firm when small and 

 is excellent for pickling. 

 A most prolific bearing 

 sort. Popular with South- 

 ern planters who find 

 ready market for it in the 

 North. Does equally a? 

 well in the home garden. 



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



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NEW EARLY FORTUNE CUCUMBER. 



268 



New Early Tortune Gucumber 



An attractive new variety, becomins very popular. Early Fortune is 

 now being largely grown by market gardeners and shippers both uorlh 

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

 longer than most other sorts. Being fine grained, its white flesh is ex- 

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



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



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

 ping as well as for the table or market stall. Our seed is grown from th( 

 originator's stock by one of the best cucumber growers in the Unitec 

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

 demand for this cucumber so advise early orders 



