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Windermoor Wonder is the handsomest Cucumber in comme 



The Four Stokes Strains 



We have taken particular care to secure thoroughly good and reliable stocks of cucumber. The four varieties we offer are all highly 

 'ecomraended, each in its individual place. Windermoor Wonder is by all means the handsomest in appearance, reaching a length of 12 

 inches and being a particularly beautiful green. At the blossom end the stripes are a most attractive emerald green. Windermoor Wonder 

 is a light bearer and is not recommended except for special intensive field work and for greenhouse cultivation. This year we are elimi- 

 nating the forcing strain because our regular stock is in every respect the equal of it. Early Fortune is a strain of outstanding purity. 

 Our September crop inspection in Colorado gave this a 97 % rating. Large growers in Texas and elsewhere will find our Early Fortune 

 to be particularly fine. Pickler's Special is a new development of the pickling type cucumber and will be found to be a very fine 

 article for all inttrested in pickles. 



Early Fortune (Stokes) 



Outstanding feature: 

 Very pure and enormously prolific. 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color purity 99% Disinfectant: Dipdust (Bayer) 



Type purity 97% Days to Maturity: 55-65 



Germination: 97% Length; 8 to 9 inches 



Date of Test: November, 1927 



Windermoor Wonder 

 (Stokes) 



Outstanding feature: Long, brilliant fruits 



In all comparative tests, our strain of Early Fortune has held a 

 very high place. We do not know of a purer stock that is available. 

 Early Fortune is especially recommended to the large southern 

 shippers who want a medium long cucumber of a bright, fresh green 

 color, and with good carrying quality. 



Price delivered: No packets; oz. 10c, Vi lb. 35c, lb. $1.00, 

 10 lbs. (m 90c. per lb., 50 lbs. @ 80c. per lb. 



SPECIFICATIONS: 

 Color Purity 98% Date of Test: October 1927 



Type Purity 95% Disinfectant - Dipdust (Bayer) 



Germination 90% Days to maturity: 60-70 



Lengths: 10 to 12 inches 



Our Company had the honor of introducing this cucumber 

 eleven years ago, since which time it has been taken up by a 

 number of seedsmen who offer it under a number of different 

 names. It has been developed from a cross between English 

 Telegraph and Davis Perfect, and the hybrid combines the im- 

 portant features of each. Windermoor Wonder has proven very 

 successful in greenhouses, and this stock can be depended upon 

 as thoroughly satisfactory for such work. Many of our customers 

 have been successful with Windermoor Wonder as a field cucumber 

 but we could point out that for this purpose very heavy feeding is 

 necessary for a successful crop. Even at best it is not as heavy a 

 bearer as Early Fortune or Green Pack, but the individual fruits 

 will ordinarily bring a considerably higher price. We recommend 

 that Windermoor Wonder be packed in crates, rather than in 

 baskets, and where possible wrap the individual fruits in paper. 

 Windermoor Wonder makes a beautiful appearance on the market. 

 The name of this cucumber is derived from our old seed farm in 

 Burlington County, New Jersey. 



Price delivered: Packet 10c, oz. 35c., V 4 lb. $1.00, lb. 

 $3.50, 10 lbs. @ $3.40 per lb., 50 lbs. @ $3.30 per lb. 



Early Fortune (Stokes) a handsome dark-green cucumber. 



\Ve do not claim to have all of the good seed, and if at times our enthusiasm over a variety carries us too far, we hope our 

 rriends will smile and forgive. But a plain statement of fact like this IS reassuring,— This makes the fourth year I have 

 been dealing with your firm and I am very much pleased with your seed. I like your seed catalog very much. I have had 

 better success from your seed than any firm I have dealt with." 



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