40 — Vegetable Seeds 



THE MAULE SEED BOOK FOR 1914 



MAULE'S SHAMROCK CUCUMBER. 



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Maulers Shamrock Cucumber 



There are many varieties of White Spine Cucumber for which this characteristic of being always green has been 

 claimed; 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 the 

 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 Cucumber 



Excellent strain of White 

 Spine, remarl':able for the 

 uniformly dark green skin 

 of its shapely fruits. Its 

 good qualities are its ex- 

 treme earliness and pio- 

 lificness. Very hardy re- 

 sisting 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 sort. Popu- 

 lar with Southern planters 

 who find a ready market 

 for it in the Isorth. 



Packet, 5c.; ounce, lOc; 

 J pound, 20c.; pound, 65c. 



248 



Extra Early White Spine or Cyclone Cucumber 



This is a special strain of the popular 

 White Spine cucumber. A variety of re- 

 cent introduction, which is desirable for its 

 extreme earliness, wonderful prolifiness and 

 uniformity of size, shape and color. Flesh 

 is firm and solid with few seeds. Crisp and 

 of elegant flavor. Of perfect cyliudrical 

 form -^'ithout neck. One of the very earli- 

 est sorts for both slicing and pickles. J 

 consider it the most thoroughbred early 

 strain of White Spine in existence for early 

 market and equally as well for home garden. 



Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; 

 14 pound, 25 cents; pound, 75 cents. 



EXTRA EARLY WHITE SPINE OR CYCLONE CUCUMBER. 



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