COLE'S VEGETABLE SEEDS. 



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CUCUMBER. 



Ger. Gurken. Ft. Concombre. 

 One oz. will plant 50 Mils. 

 Cucumbers succeed best in warm, rich, sandy, 

 loam ground. They should not be planted in 

 the open air until there is a prospect of settled 

 warm weather; about the middle of May. Plant 

 in hills about four feet apart each way. Put ten 

 or fifteen seeds in a hill, half an inch deep, and 

 press the earth smoothly with the back of the 

 hoe. The hills should be previously prepared 

 by mixing thoroughly with the soil of each a 

 shovelful of well rotted manure. When all dan- 

 ger from insects is past, thin out the plants, 

 leaving three or four of the strongest to each 

 hill. The fruit should be gathered when large 

 enough, whether required for use or not, as, if 

 left to ripen on the vines, it destroys their pro- 

 ductiveness. For pickles plant from June to 

 middle of J uly. When small sprinkle the plants, 

 when the dew is on, with ashes of air-slacked 

 lime to protect them from bugs. One pound is 

 suflBcient for an acre. 



JAPANESE CLIMBING. See Novelties. 



WHITE PEARL. See Novelties. 



GIANT WHITE. See Novelties. 



EXTRA EARLY SIBERIAN. A genuine novelty, 

 and the earliest cucumber known, producing 

 fruits five inches long, in the open ground, 

 from seed in fifty-five days. It will be a sur- 

 prise for market gardeners and truckers, who 

 heretofore have grown the Early Russian for 

 earliest. A splendid free bearer, fruits straight 

 and smootli. flesh tender and crisp. Per pkt. 7 

 cts., oz. 15 cts., Ji lb. 50 cts., lb. $1.25. 



EARLY RUSSIAN. Earliest after the Siberian; 

 hardy, prolific and only about three inches 

 long; fine for pickles and for table use, being 

 remarkably solid, with few seeds, and of best 

 quality. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % lb. 20 cts., 

 lb. 70 cts. 



EARLY GREEN CLUSTER. A short, prickly, 

 seedy variety, bearing in clusters near the 

 root; color pale green. It is a great bearer 

 and matures early. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 M lb. 20 cts., lb. 70 cts. 



EARLY FRAME, or EARLY SHORT GREEN. 

 Productive, of vigorous srrowth, early, fruits 

 medium and straight. Popular for both t -ble 

 use and pickling. Per pkt. 4 cts., oz. 8 cts., K 

 lb. 20 cts., lb. 65 cts. 



NEW EVERBEARING. This variety is of small 

 size, very early, enormously productive and 

 valuable as a green pickler. The vines co/t- 

 tinue to jlower and produce fruit until hilled hy 

 frost, whether the ripe cucumbers are picked off or 

 not, in which respect it differs from all other 

 sorts Green cucumbers can be picked from 

 vines frona July to October. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 10 cts., M lb. 30 cts., lb. $1.00. 



GREEN PROLIFIC, or BOSTON PICKLING. As 



a pickling variety, is unsurpassed. Its char- 

 acteristics are its uniform giowth, hardly ever 

 producing cucumbers too large for pickling, 

 and its immense productiveness. Per pkt. 4 

 cts., oz. 8 cts., 14 lb. 20 cts., lb. 70 cts. 

 LIVINGSTON'S EVERGREEN. This new vari- 

 ety is likely to prove of great value. It is 

 undoubtedlv one rf the most prolific of all 

 varieties, this new Evergreen cucumber pos- 

 sesses every qualification of a perfect pickle 

 sort. Very hardy and evergreen, withstanding 

 drouth and bearing until frost. A very strong 

 grower, but extra early and the best in flavor, 

 bearing firm, crisp fruit, either for pickling or 

 slicing. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., U lb. 2d cts., 

 lb. 75 cts. 



IMPROVED WHITE 8PINE CUCUMBER. 



IMPROVED WHITE SPINE, or ARLINGTON, 



For both market use and pickling this variety 

 is now more largely grown than any other. This 

 improved strain is vastly superior to the old 

 White Spine. Market gardeners and pickling 

 establishments have here a cucumber that is 

 admirably suited to their wants. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz., 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



NEW PARIS PICKLING. A very desirable and 

 distinct new French sort. The fruit is very 

 long, slender,densely covered with fine prickles 

 and deep, rich green in color. The flesh is very 

 crisp and tender, making it one of the best for 

 slicing as well as for pickles. The vine produces 

 its fruits in clusters and is enormously produc- 

 tive. It surpasses all others in pickling qualities, 

 which constitute brittleness and showing no 

 sign of seeds when in a proper stage for pick- 

 ling. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., ^ lb. 40 cts., lb. 

 $1.50. 



CHICAGO PICKLE CUCUMBER. 



IMPROVED CHICAGO PICKLE. This is one of 

 the best varieties for pickles, and largely used 

 by pickle factories. The fruit is of medium 

 length, pointed at both ends with large and 

 prominent spines, color deep green. It is a 

 most prolific variety, beginning to set its fruit 

 when the vines are quite young. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 10 cts., li lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



GIANT PERA. This variety is of most deli- 

 cious flavor; flesh white, very crisp and tender 

 at all stages, and can be eaten at any time dur- 

 ing growth. Enornioussize. frequently growing 

 20 inches long, very smooth and straight, with 

 a beautiful gret n skin free from spines. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^ lb. sO cts., lb. $1. 



NICHOL'S MEDIUM GREEN. This variety, as 

 a pickle sort, will be found unequaled, and for 

 eari> forcing purposes, or for slicing, there is 

 no better varit^ty. It is pi od uctive, of medium 

 size, and always r-trai^tt and smooth. The color 

 is dark green, the fl^bh tencier and crisp. Per 

 pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., J4 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



IMPROVED LONG GREEN CUCU.MBER. 



IMPROVED LONG GREEN. A distinct vari- 

 ety; when full grown sometime s measuring 

 nearly 18 inches in length; form long and slen- 

 der, vvith but few seeds: flesh remarkably tiL-m 

 and crispy; a standard variety for pickling,, 

 very productive, and better than most varie- 

 ties of Long Green. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 34 

 lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



GHERKIN, OR BURR. The Gherkin is seldom 

 served at table, sliced in its crude state. It is 

 principally grown for pickling; is the smallest 

 of all varieties, and should always be picked 

 while young and tender, and put in salt water 

 until wanted for pickling. Per pkt. 5 cts., oic. 

 20 cts. 



