BOSS CUCUMBERS 



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

 m In 1887 one of my customers gathered, between 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 cut, 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 ; % lb., 40 cents ; lb., $1.10 • 5 lbs $4 00 

 MAULE'S IMPROVED LONG GREEN.— Every day last September I was constantly in 

 receipt of numbers of as fine Cucumber's as any one would wish to see. They were sent me in 



competition for the $50 premium offered for the best Improved 

 Long Green, grown from Maule's Seeds in 1888. C. S. Bird, 

 Muscatine, Iowa, finally secured the premium with a most 

 beautiful specimen measuring 18 inches in length. I do not 

 believe such an assortment of handsome Cucumbers was 

 ever seen before, and I am confident in describing this 

 variety, no words of praise can be too strong for its 

 merits. They are always of superior quality, firm 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 cultiva- 

 tion. Packet, 10 cents ; ounce, 15 cents ; 

 >i pound, 40 cents ; pound, $1.25 ; 5 lbs., $5.00. 



FOR THREE CUCUMBERS. 



I am confident that the four varieties of Cucumbers given 

 on this page cannot be surpassed the world over. To 

 emphasize this point, I have determined this year to surpass all previous 

 records and now offer the large amount of $200 in three cucumber pre- 

 miums, which will be awarded October 1st, as follows : 



$100 to the person raising and sending me next September 

 the finest and best hong Green or Giant Pera. $50 for the best 

 specimen of Maule's Early White (Spine, and $50 for the best 

 specimen of Maule's Green Prolific grown from Maule's Seeds 

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GIANT PERA Vines are strong growers, cucumbers 



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

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

 ent known. The cucumbers grow very smooth and straigh 

 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 white, very clear, 

 peculiarly crisp, tender and brittle, with very few seeds and free from the 

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

 and the seeds are slow to 

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

 20cts.; % lb., 50 CtS, 

 lb., $1.50. 



REMEMBER, 



ALL GARDEN SEEDS 



ARE DELIVERED FREE, 



EXCEPT PEAS, ETC BY PK, 



AND BUSHEL, ON PAGE 16. 



GREEN PROLIFIC 



The a ery finest pickling 



Cucumber. Of the very best 

 form and quality, yielding at the 

 rate of 200,000 and more pickles 

 per acre, of remarkable uni- 

 formity. It. Is one of the mo st 

 valuable improvements in 

 its class, and gives satisfaction. 

 Pkt. 5c; oz. 10c; % lb. 30c; lb. 90c. | 



