p. STOKES i 219 Market §fa^eet. PHILvU)ELPHIA^PA 



Stokes' Perfection White Spine Cucumber 



CUCUMBERS 



Culture. — For general crop, sow in the open ground as soon as the weatlier is sufficiently settled. Plant in hills 4 teel apart each wav. 

 putting a shovelful of well-rotted manure in each hill. For pickles, .sow from the middle of June to the first week in July. If wanted verv 

 early in the season, sow two or three seeds in a 4-inch pot and transplant these to the open ground when all danger of frost is over. 



One ounce of seed will plant about 60 hills ; two pounds will plant an acre 



STOKES'STANDARDI 



Stokes* Perfection White *^^I ^PEC I ALTY] 



Sp^Qe. '^'"^ magnificent Cucumber has been bred by careful 



—4- selection by a prominent grower in Rhode Island. It is 



quite early, enormously prolific and bears uniformly long, symmetri- 

 cal, deep-green-colored fruits, faintly marked with'a light yellowish 

 shading toward the blossom end. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., !i lb. 40 cts., 

 lb. $1.25, postpaid ; by express, 5 lbs. for $5.50. 



Stokes* Standard. 



Early and prolific, producing uniform, beautiful, symmetrical fruit, 

 dark green in color, shading toward the tip. verv tender and with 

 small seeds. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., KIb. 40 cts., lb. Si. 25. 



Stokes*_ Special Liong "^ M^PEC I ALTY] 



Green. Selected strain. I have a strain that is uniformly long, 



of good form, and with the large warts and spines well 



distributed over the surface, instead of being clustered at one end as 

 in inferior stocks. Vines are vigorous and very productive, fruit 

 about 12 inches long, firm and crisp. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., Klb. 30 

 cts., lb. 81.10, postpaid ; by express, 5-lb. lots at 90 cts. per lb. 



Green Prolific, or Boston Pickling 



Perfection Hothonse Forcing;. ^'^'^ splendid hot 



house Cucumber IS 



the result of repeated selections of greenhouse-grown White Spine 

 Forcing, which has resulted in a Cucumber that is longer and darker 

 green than the old variety. The fruits are even in size, very regular 

 in form and very dark in color, with a few light spines showing at 

 the blossom end. Pkt. 15 cts., oz. 40 cts., Klb. fi. 



Green Prolific, or Bos- 

 ton Pickling. 



SPECIALTY 



This is a very prolific Cucumber; largely 

 planted for pickles in New Jersev and Penn- 

 sylvania. The fruits average 4 to 6 inches in length when large 

 enough for slicing, and are of e.xcellent quality. It is, however, for 

 producing medium-sized pickles that this variety is so highlv 

 esteemed, as it is enormously productive, and if the fruits are kept 

 gathered as soon as large enough, the vines will continue bearing 

 throughout a long season. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., !41b. 30 cts., lb. 

 90 cts., by mail, postpaid ; 5 lbs. by express for $.3.75. 



"Earliest of All." 



This new Cucumber is the earliest 

 type of White Spine that is grown. 



being quite as early as the " Early Russian." which is a much inferior 

 pickle. The fruits are of fine quality and the color an attractive 

 dark green. For pickling it produces fruits which are straight. 

 s(|uare ended and very firm. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. i.'s cts.. \ Ih. 35 cts., lb. 

 Si . 10, by mail, postpaid ; by express, 5 lbs. for 54 .S"- 



Miss A. Slafter. Belmont, N. Y., writes: 



I want you to know how very satisfactorj- our Cauliflower Plants wore last 

 year. The 'Danish Dry Weather.' of which we bought 2 dozen plants, all 

 the plants headed, the last one weighing 6'j pounds, and one other head was 

 5 '4 pounds; the otliers averaging .^M pounds. We took first premium on an 

 e.xhibit at the County Fair, our first experience in taking vegetables. In ever>' 

 way they are perfectly satisfactory." 



Etta Brown. Blowing Rock. N. C, writes March i, 191 1: 



"We are sending a small order for our seed. We like your seed t>est. My 

 husband wanted to try some other house. I asked him why we should try to 

 get any better. You ,«cnt me a sample of the Chinese Cut Cabbage last year. 

 Wr liked it so much I order one packet this year, and it is so N-igorous and 

 early we want no other greens when we have it." 



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