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Cucumbers are grown in enormous quantities for marketing in the green state and for pickling. 
CULTURE.—Cucumbers flourish best in a rich, warm, moist loam. Sow when danger of frost is over, 
in hills 4 or 5 feet each way or in rows. The seeds should be used in abundance, as the young plant has! 
many enemies. Plant half an inch below the surface, and thin out finally to three or four plants to the | 
hill. Use one ounce of seed to 75 hills; two to three pounds to the acre. The cucumbers should be gath- 
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vines produced over 500 cucumbers, during the} 
season. The fruit is from 5 to7 inches long and 
#2 to 3 inches in diameter. 
light green. This illustration shows most ac- 
curately the fine shape this cucumber attains. 
Packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents; 44 pound, 20 cents; 
pound, 55 cents; 5 pounds, $2.50. 
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GIANT PERA.—A cucum- 
ber of peculiar but valuable 
type. The Giant Pera is early, 
and one of the most productive 
long cucumbers. The fruit is 
Straight and cylindrical; with 
a smooth skin. The color at 
GIANT PERA. 
i first is a clear green turning to 
| a brown at maturity. The flesh is white, clear, crisp and 
| tender, of excellent flavor and with no trace of bitterness. 
| The seed cavity is very small, and the seeds are slow to 
} form. Pkt., 5 cts.; 0z., 10 cts.; 4 Ib., 25 ets.; lb., 75 cts. 
) /EMERALD.—A symmetrical cucumber. Color a rich, 
(dark green; holds color a long time after being picked. 
Skin almost free of both warts and spines, and the cu- 
cumber is nearly as smooth and handsome as the famous 
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English forcing types. Retains its color from time of 
N setting until full maturity. Suitable for pickling at any 
stage. Good for forcing under glass. A prime shipper. 
Paeket,5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.;44 pound, 15 ets.; pound, 50 cts 
JEV ERGREEN.—This cucumber differs from my Early 
/White Spine in retaining a deep green color at all stages 
of its growth. It is long, very productive, and matures 
early. Its desirable color and handsome appearance 
make it a general favorite, either for table use, for mar- 
ket,-or for pickling. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 
74,pound, 20 cents; pound, 55 cents. 
PEERLESS.—A noted pickling cucumber. It is very 
* prolific, early, of good size, straight, well formed and full 
at both ends. It carries its deep green color until it 
reaches maturity, whichis a very desirable characteristic. h 
It is one of the best strains of pickling cucumbers on the GREEN PROLIFIC. 
market,and I confidently recommend it to both ama- 
teurs and market gardeners. Packet, 6 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 4 pound, 15 cts.; pound, 50 cts. 
¥ GREEN PROLIFIC.—This is one of the most popular pickling cucumbers. It is of the 
very best form and quality, and has yielded at the rate of over 200,000 pickles per acre. The 
fruit is uniform in shape and appearance, and its enormous productive 
ability makes the variety a favorite one with pickle growers and commercial 
gardeners. Packet, 5 cts.; ounce, 10 cts.; 144 pound, 15 cts.; pound, 50 cts. 
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EK? IMPROVED LONG GREEN. —This fine cucumber |is always produced in great abundance making it one of the most 
rOneirOrA da to 16 inches or more in fength, and is of superior quality | productive varieties in cultivation. I have an improved and very 
he young fruits are very large'y used for pickling and it 1s a standard | excellent strain, which has for many years been decidedly popular 
sort for that purpose Fuil sized cucumbers are in nigh favor for mak- with thousands of my customers. ” sf 
img the so-called sweet pickles. Vines are strong growers, and the fruit Packet, 5 cents, ounce, 10 cents; 14 pound, 20 cents; pound, 60 cents, 
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