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COLE'S GARDEN ANNUAL. 



CUCUMBER. 



Ger. Gurken. Fr. Concombre. 

 One ounce will plant GO hills. 

 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 

 boe. The hills should be previously prepared 

 Oy 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 cot, as, if 

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

 ductiveness. For pickles, plant from June to 

 middle of July. When small sprinkle the plants, 

 when the dew is on. with ashes or air-slacked 

 lime to protect them from bugs. One pound is 

 sufficient for an acre. 



IXTEA EAELY SIBEEIAN. 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 smooth, flesh tender and crisp. Per pkt. 7 

 cts., oz. 15 cts., ^4 lb. 35 cts., lb. SI. 00 



EABLY 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 the 

 best quality. Per pkt. 5 cts.. oz. 10 cts.. J4 lb. 

 20 cts.. lb. TO 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. n cts., oz. 10 cts., 

 I4 lb. 20 cts., lb. 70 cts. 



EARLY FRAME, or EARLY SHORT GREEN. 



Productive, of vigorous growth, early, truits 

 medium and straight. Popular for both table 

 use and pickling. Per pkt. 4 cts., oz. S cts., 14 

 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 con- 

 tinue to flower and produce fruit until hilled by 

 frost, wliether the ripe cucumbers are picked off or 

 not, ill wtiich respect it dilfers froa all ©iher 

 sorts. Green cucumbers can be picked frum 

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

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



GREEN PROLIFIC, or BOSTON PICKLING. As 



a pickling variety, is unsurpassed. Its char- 

 acteristics are its uniform growth, hardly ever 

 producing cucumoers tot) large for pickling, 

 and its Immense productiveness. Per pkt. 4 

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



LIVINGSTON'S EVERGREEN. This new vari- 

 ety is likely to prove of great value. It is 

 undoubtedly one of the most prolific of all 

 varieties. This new Evergreen cucumber pos- 

 sesses every qualification of a perfect picJde 

 jiort. Very hardy and evergreen, withstanding 

 drouth and bearing until frost. A very strong 

 grower, but e.xtra earlj' and the best in flavor, 

 bearing firm, crisp fruit, either for pickling or 

 slicing. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., lb. 25 cts., 

 lb. 75 cts. 



IMPROVED WHIXK SFi>t; CLCU.MBKK. 



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 pick- 

 ling 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, ricli 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 pro- 

 duces its fruits in clusters and is enormously 

 productive. It surpasses all others in pickling 

 qualities, which constitute brittleness and 

 showing no sign of seeds when in a proper 

 stage for pickling. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., ^ 

 lb. 40 cts., lb. SI. 50. 



PICKLE CUCUMBE'R. 



IMPROVED CHICA'GO 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, besinning to set its fruit 

 when the vines are quite young. Per pkt. 5 

 cts., oz. 10 cts., }i lb. 25 cts., ib. 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 

 during growth. Enormous size, frequently 

 growing 20 inches long, very smooth and 

 straight, with a beautiful green skin free from 

 spines. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz- 10 cts., ^ lb. 30 cts., 

 lb. $1. 



NICHOL S MEDIUM GREEN. This variety, as 

 a pickle sort, will be found unequaled, and for 

 early forcing purposes, or for slicing, there is 

 no better variety. It is productive, of medium 

 size, and always straight and smooth. The 

 color is dark green, the flesh tender and crisp. 



I.MPROVED LONG GREEN CUCUMBER. 



IMPROVED LONG GREEN. A distinct variety; 

 when full grown sometimes measuring nearly 

 18 inches in length; form long and slender, 

 with but few seeds; flesh remarkably firm and 

 crispy; a standard variety for pickling, very 

 productive, and better than most varieties of 

 Long Green. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., k 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., oz. 

 20 cts. 



