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you are practically selling the strain, for any grower can 

 save seed, after he has a start. 



Mr. Greffrath : I might say that I met Mr. West a short 

 time ago just prior to having him fill this order. I asked 

 him how much seed he had and whether they made a specialty 

 of raising cucumber seed. He said: ''No, we have not been 

 in the habit of selling cucumber seed, but we did have a little 

 more than we wanted, and I would not mind letting a little 

 of it go. We are not trying to sell it." 



Mr. Clum : Do I understand he is selling the Irondequoit 

 melon seed? 



Mr. Work: No, this is a cross between White Spine and 

 one of the English forcing cucumbers — cylindrical, with the 

 minimum of white markings, practically no shoulder, a very 

 nice, uniform color — a splendid forcing cucumber, of what is 

 known as the Irondequoit type. 



Mr. Warren: It is very straight, with very few seconds. 



Mr. Hunter : Doesn't that require a stronger heat than 

 an ordinary White Spine? Mr. West grows them under a 

 very strong heat. I tried them, not carrying the same tem- 

 perature, and I could not do it. 



Mr. Warren: In my opinion it is not necessary to have 

 any more heat for an Irondequoit cucumber than for a White 

 Spine. I have always thought the White Spine was a little 

 better yielder than the Irondequoit or Abundance, as it is 

 sometimes called. 



Mr. Hallauer: I do not think it requires any more heat. 

 It is all greenhouse-grown seed and is a cucumber that is 

 grown especially for the greenhouse. I would be perfectly 

 willing to pay Mr. West $5.00 an ounce for it if I needed any 

 seed. 



A Member: The Irondequoit cucumber is salable mostly 

 in the Buffalo and Rochester markets. 



Mr. Work : We do not want to sell it to anyone who does 

 not want that kind of cucumber. 



Mr. Work : Miss Schlegel of East Aurora has been doing 

 some work this last year with corn, and she has attained 



