38—Vegetable Seeds 
THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1911 
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THE NEW DAVIS PERFECT CUCUMBER. 
« Lhe New Davis Perfect Cucumber 
Plant the Davis Perfect, and you will raise in the open 
oround, cucumbers that will sell in any market at same 
price as the high priced hot house forcing cucumbers. 
Mr. Davis needs no introduction; as the originator of the 
Davis Wax Bean and Grand Rapids Forcing Lettuce, he has 
a reputation as a market gardener for knowing what is what, 
second to none. Mr. Davis has for years been forcing cucum- 
bers under glass for the Chicago and Detroit markets, and it 
has been his ambition to produce a cucumber that would be 
as handsome in appearance and sell as well grown in 
the ordinary way in the open ground. He has at last suc- 
ceeded in perfecting a cucuinber that beats anything I have 
ever seen; Davis Perfect is bound to become the most 
popular cucumber both for forcing under glass and growing 
outside, for the following reasons: 
First. It has an ideal shape, and the handsomest color of 
all cucumbers. ; 
Second. It is a type of the most perfect size. 
Third. Eating qualities surpass anything I have ever tried. 
Fourth. It is almost seedless one-third of its length from 
the stem end, and the seeds when it is in slicing condition 
are so small and tender that they are unnoticed. 
Fifth. It is enormously productive, in fact, beats anything 
I have ever tried. 
Sixth. It does not change its dark, rich color when grown 
outdoors; in fact, it resembles a hothouse cucumber so closely 
that dealers cannot tell the difference, and are willing to pay 
as much for it as the hothouse production. Mr. Davis has 
tried every strain of new cucumber that has been intro- 
duced in the last few years; while a number of them have 
been very good, he is frank in saying that his cucumber beats 
anything he has ever tried, and other growers in Grand 
Rapids are of the same opinion. The facts boiled down are 
simply these: I believe this is the greatest cucumber ever 
introduced, and it is bound to become popular everywhere 
when it is known. Local market gardeners in Grand Rapids, 
Mr. Davis’ home, who make a specialty of growing cucumbers 
under glass, have tried in vain to get this seed to sow in the 
open ground. It will be a big money maker for anyone 
engaged in growing cucumbers in the open ground, for Mr. 
Davis could have sold the. cucumbers represented in this seed 
crop for more than double the price of any outdoor grown 
cucumber on the market. Mr. Davis sold Davis Perfect for 
$1.00 a bushel, both in the Grand Rapids market and Chi- 
cago, at the same time the best of the other outdoor grown 
cucumbers were bringing 40 to 50 cents. The dealers who 
handled these cucumbers for Mr. Davis wanted him to ship 
them in large quantities, as they could sell at $1.00 all he 
could send them, no matter how large the quantity. It stands 
to reason a cucumber that can be grown outdoors and resem- 
bles a hot house cucumber so closely that the trade will pay 
the same price they are paying for the hot house product is 
worth a great deal, and it is. I predict the greatest sale any 
cucumber novelty has ever had for the new Davis Perfect, 
and every grower, whether for home consumption or for 
market, to be abreast of the times, must plant this variety. 
Further comment seems unnecessary. 
Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; quarter pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.50, postpaid. 
95S New readers of this book have no doubt noticed that I have no pages devoted to novelties. 
I suppose this year I am listing the largest 
number of Specialties and Novelties that can be found in any catalogue, but they are all in their proper places through the book. The Cabbages 
are all together, as well as the Onions, Radishes, etc., etc. 
As a rule this is not the custom of the seed trade, but my customers prefer each 
variety listed together in this way, as it is much more convenient for reference, and saves them a lot of trouble when making out their orders. 
