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DREER'S RELIABLE SEEDS 



CUCUMBER 



Gurke?i, GER. 

 Pepino, Sp 



Improved Early White Spine Cucumber. 



One ounce will plant fifty hills, two pounds 

 will plant one acre. 



For very early Cucumbers, sow the first of April in a 

 hot-bed, upon pieces of sod (grass-side down, ) so 

 that they can be readily transplanted to the open 

 ground, in rich soil, when danger of frost is over, or 

 protect by hand-glasses. For early use, plant if the 

 weather has become settled and warm, in hills about 

 4 feet apart each way ; thin out to 4 of the strongest 

 plants to each hill, after all danger from insects is 

 over ; they succeed best in a warm, moist, rich, loamy 

 soil ; continue planting at intervals for a succession. 

 The Cucumbers should be gathered when large enough 

 for use, whether required or not; if left to ripen, 

 it destroys their productiveness. For pickles, plain 

 from June until the middle of July. 



Price: Pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; '4 lb. 25 or*.: 

 lb. 70 cts., except wbere noted. 



New Emerald. (For description see Novelties, page 2 



Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 25 cts.; 1 lb. 60 cts.; lb. §2.00. 

 Improved Early White Spine. 



{Bennett' ' s.) The favorite market 



variety, largely used for forcing. 



One of the best for all purposes. 

 Arlington White Spine 



Forcing. A strain of White 



Spine which has been improved 



through careful selection, with a 



view to use for forcing in hot- 

 houses and frames. Pkt. 10 cts.; 



oz. 25 cts. ; \ lb. 75 cts. 

 Cool and Crisp. A strain of 



White Spine, somewhat like the 



Arlington, but longer and more 



cylindrical . One of the best for 



table use. Pkt. 5 cts. ; oz. 



10 cts.; \ lb. 30 cts.; lb. §1.00. 

 Early Frame, or Short Green. 



Excellent for table use or pickling. 



Early Russian. One of the earliest 

 produced in pairs. 



the fruit is small and 



Chicago Pickle. 



roc h ford s 

 Market. 



Early Cluster. A very early 

 sort, well adapted for forcing or 

 open ground. 

 Green Prolific. One of the best 

 pickling varieties, dark green, 

 tender, crisp, very productive, 

 uniform size and good for table 

 use. 

 Chicago Pickle. A variety largely 

 used by pickle manufacturers ; of 

 medium size, a prolific bearer, and 

 combines all the good qualities of 

 an early cucumber. 

 Long Green. {Jersey Pick , e. s ) 

 The leading long variety for pick- 

 ling; fruit dark green, firm and 

 crisp. 

 Everbearing. The peculiar merit 

 of this new and unique variety is 

 that the vines continue to flower 

 and produce fruit in every stage 

 of growth until killed by frost. 

 It is of small size, very early, and 

 enormously productive. 

 Nichol's Medium Green. For early forcing, late sowing for pickling, or for ordinary table use, 



this variety will be found useful. 

 White Pearl. New ; fruit of a pure white color, making them very attractive for the table ; they 



grow to a large size. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; \ lb, §1.00. 

 Chinese Long-Remaining Green. An excellent sort, combining the size, tenderness end 

 quality of the English Frame varieties. It attains a length of 15 to 20 inches ; is of good quality, 

 solid, and has a few seeds ; medium early. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 30 cts.; \ lb. SI. 00. 

 Small Gherkin, or Burr. Also known as the West India or Jerusalem Pickle ; used only 

 for pickling. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 



] lb. 35 cts. ^S 5 ^ -^A 



Japanese Climbing. Fruit of medium ®i\^^ 

 size, well-formed, and of a dark green color ; 

 flesh very thick and of exquisite flavor. It 

 can be grown as an ordinary ridge cucumber, 

 or as a climber. Pkt. 10 cts.; oz. 15 cts.; 

 1 lb. 40 cts. 



ENGLISH FORCING 

 CUCUMBERS. 



Should be grown in hot-beds where the temperature does not 

 fall below 65 degrees at night. Sow the seeds in small pots about 

 the middle of January ; when they have grown to three leaves, 

 plant in a prepared hill of rich, loose soil, in the centre of a 



NEWEST ENGEISM VARIETIES. 



Covent Garden Favorite, Rochford's Market, 

 Lockies' Perfection. In packets of 10 seeds each, 



25 cts.; per 100 seeds, 82.25. 

 Duke of Edinburgh, Sion House Improved, Tele= 

 graph 1 Rollison's). In packets of 10 seeds each, 20 cts.; 

 per 100 seeds, SI. 75. 



g@ => For the best three specimens of Rochford' s Market 

 Cucumber, grown from our seed, and exhibited at the Annual 

 Exhibition, Pennsylvania State Horticultural Society, 

 November, l8qq, we offer a premium of $5.00. 



Long Green Cucumber. 



Consult " Dreer's Vegetables Under Glass " for the modern system of Cucumber forcing. " Dreer's Open- Air 

 Vegetables " for garden or field cultivation, also pickle-growing. Each 25 cts. 



