

7a seatees SOA: i asa. ee of “i = 
For Striped Beetles, dust young Cucumber plants with Bug Death or Slug Shot, or spray with Bordo Lead or Key-Cide 45 
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256 Green Prolific or Boston Pickling 
Early and Valuable for Pickles 
* This is one of the most popular pickling cucum- 
bers, of the very best form and quality, and has 
yielded at the rate of over 200,000 pickles per acre. 
Its enormous productive ability makes this variety 
a favorite one. Ready to pick in 50 days. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cemts; 
quarter pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25, postpaid. 





251 Maule’s Improved Long Green 
Very Popular Variety 
CBSE SSS eg 
251 Klondike 
A Desirable Dark Green White Spine 
_ Excellent strain of White Spine, 
remarkable for the uniformly dark 
green skin of its shapely fruits. 
Its good qualities are its extreme 
earliness and prolificness. Very 
hardy, resisting unfavorable weath- 
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. Ma- 
4; tures in 60 days. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cemts; 
quarter pound, 40 cents; 

















pound, $1.25, postpaid. 


This fine cucumber grows from 12 to 16 inches or 
more in length, and is of superior quality. The 
young fruits are very largely used for pickling, and 
it is a standard sort for that purpose. Full sized 
cucumbers are in high favor for making the so- 
~ ealled sweet pickles. Vines arestrong growers, and 
the fruit is always produced in great abundance. 
Produces large pickles in 65 days. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 
quarter pound, £5 cts.; pound, $1.50, postpaid. 




































































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263 Early Green Cluster 
Bears in Twos and Threes 
This is a short, pale green variety, maturing in 50 
days. Itisrather prickly and contains few seeds. 
The fruit is borne in clusters; it is a favorite 
for pickling on account of its great productiveness. 
Packet, 5 cents; oumce, 15 cents; 
quarter pound, 40 cts.; pound, $1.25, postpaid. 




FOR GARDEN PESTS 
and plant diseases, the use of insecticides, 
etc., is imperative. For Liquids, Dust Com- 
pounds, Sprayers, etc., see pages 172, 173. 













































250 Improved Arlington White Spine 
Long, Slim, Dark Green in Color 
4 A productive white spine variety of average size, seven to eight inches in length, with 
rroad and showy foliage, habit of growth rather rampant. Fruit long and slim and very 
lark green throughout the entire length with only a very slight white marking at the 
jlossom end. Matures in 55. days. The flesh is white. crisp and solid with comparatively 
(jew seeds. Improved Arlington is a sunerior strain and is recognized as a standard by all 
_)owers. Very desirable for the home garden, and an ideal truckers variety. 
i ‘Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1,25, postpaid, 
271 Snake Cucumber 
Curious, but Useful for Slicing 
If picked when young and tender they make 
an excellent pickle for slicing. Often grows 6 
feet in length, coiled like a serpent. Grown 
chiefly as a curiosity and for exhibition. Grows 
to a large size in 75 days. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents, postpaid. 


