Best Cucumbers for Salads and Pickling. 



C. BECKERT, 



ALLEGHENY, PA. 



Bennett's White Spine Cucumber. 



West India Gherkin. 



CUCUMBERS. 



(Surfe.) 



For general crops, the seed cannot be planted in the open ground before the weather has become warm and settled, and the ground mellow 

 and light. Plant the seeds in well enriched hills about 4 feet apart each way, and as soon as all danger from insects is over, thin the plants 

 to leave i of the strongest in each hill. For succession, sow at intervals of every two weeks until midsummer. Extra-early crops may be 

 grown by planting the seeds in hotbeds in April, upon pieces of sod turned upside down, and removing them to hills in the open ground as 

 soon as the weather is warm enough. For pickles, sow seed from the middle of June until the middle of July. The vines bear longer if the 

 fruits are gathered as soon as they are large enough ; their strength is soon exhausted by ripening fruits. An ounce of seed will plant 100 

 hills ; 2 pounds will plant an acre. 



►BENNETT WHITE SPINE. Fruits 7 to 10 inches long, and 

 proportionately thick throughout, being as full at both ends as in the 

 enter. Thev retain trteir glossy green color a long time on the vines. 

 it. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 3Vlb. 25 cts., lb. 75 ets. 



EXTRA LONC, or EVERGREEN WHITE SPINE. Fruits. 



from 10 to 12 inches long, very straight and fine in appearance. Wflfen 

 about 5 or 6 inches long thev make excellent pickles. Pkt. 5 cts., qz^, 

 l(/cts., 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 

 t/ IMPROVED WHITE SPINE. Early and productive. Fruit 

 "medium size, good shape, light green, with a few white spines on the 

 .surface. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 34'h. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 

 j/lMPROVED LONC GREEN. The leading long-growing sort, 

 "and excellent for pickles. The fruits are dark green, long, well-shaped, 

 and crisp. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., J^lb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 

 EMERALD. The fruit retains its very dark green color long after 

 eihg picked, is long, straight, smooth and quite free from warts or 

 spines. Also suitable for pickles and forcing. Pkt. 5 ets., oz. 10c, 

 J4lb. 30 cts., lb. $1. 



K PERFECTED JERSEY PICKLING. Not well named, as it seems 

 quite distinct from Jersev Pickle. A very fine sort for pickles. Pkt. 

 5 c«., dz. 10 ets., 341b. 30 cts., lb. $1. 



; -JERSEY PICKLING. Superior for pickling, and extensively 

 grown for that purpose. Vines are wonderfully productive and the 

 fruits are rich, deep green, small and very uniform in size. Pkt. 5c, 

 oz./O cts., J^lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



• ^CHICAGO, or WE ST ERF I ELD PICKLE. Very large; used for 



pickling, 

 the ends. 



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tiye, Frui 

 5^ts., oz. : 

 iT PARIS 



The fruits are deep green, of medium length, pointed at 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 

 COOL AND CRISP. Early and prolific ; desirable for slicing. When 

 mature it is of good size, very tender and crisp. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 341b. 25c. 

 ■ GREEN PROLIFIC. Fruits bright green, of medium size, short, 

 almost cylindrical, crisp and good. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 341b. 20c, lb. 60c 

 EVERBEARING. Produces fruit until frost ; early and produc- 

 Fruits are small, well-shaped, and good for pickling. Pkt. 

 10 cts., 341b. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



PICKLING. Distinct from all others, the fruit being 

 strikingly long and cylindrical and covered with fine prickles ; solid, 

 crisp and tender. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 30 cts., lb. $1. 

 _TAILBY HYBRID. An excellent variety for family use. Pkt. 

 I ic*<oz. 10 cts., ViVa. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 

 ^JAPANESE CLIMBING. Vigorous, tall-climbing, clinging 

 tightly to trellises. Fruits almost straight, large, and from 12 to 16 

 inches long ; skin dark green, flesh thick and delicately flavored. 

 Pkt.,-5 cts., oz. 10 cts.. 341b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 



/>WEST INDIA GHERKIN. Small, rough, prickly fruits, used for 

 /pickling. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts., lh, 75 cts. 



ENGLISH FRAME CUCUMBER7TELEGRAPH. 



This variety is used for forcing. It can be grown in hotbeds or 

 houses where the temperature does not fall below 65 degrees at 

 night. The fruits are long, smooth and handsome, frequently grow- 

 ing from 20 to 30 inches long. Pkt. 25 cts. 



Extra Curled Cress. 



WATER AND UPLAND CRESS. 



(foeffe.) 



The leaves form excellent, spicy spring- salads, and are also used for garnishing. The plants 

 ncrease rapidly from the roots and by self-seeding, and require little care after they become 

 stablished. Pepper Grass should be sown thickly in shallow drills in early spring, and at intervals 

 for/continual supply, as it soon runs to seed. 



\/ WATER CRESS. Small, oval leaves ; very tender, crisp and pleasantly spicy 

 when ^oung. Plants of prostrate habit. A perennial aquatic, which grows well in any 

 running stream, forming large beds of leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 35 cts., 341b. $1.25. 



UPLAND. Seed of this species may be sown anywhere in moist places in spring or 

 Ml. Leaves broad, crisp, tender and good for salads ; plant a perennial. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 

 50 ctsf, J^lb. $1.50. 



•. /EXTRA CURLED, or PEPPER CRASS. Of pleasant, pungent flavor; the leaves 

 cMi be cut several times. The plants grow well in almost any soil, and require little care. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 



CORN SALAD. 



S (Sammer ©alat.) 



Sow the seed thickly in shallow drills in September, and firm the soil well down above 

 t, if the weather be dry. Highly appreciated, and much grown where other salads and 

 ettuces dei not succeed. An ounce of seed will sow a bed 20 feet square. 



LARCE-SEEDED. Has large, tender leaves. Pkt. 5c.,oz. 10 c, 341b. 25 c, lb. 75c. 



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