Cucumbers, Cress, Eggplant, Etc. 



10 WM. C. B1LCKE/RT, ALLEGHENY, PA. 



CUCUMBERS 



(©urfel 



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 i feet 

 apart each way, and as soon as all danger from insects is over thin 

 the plants to leave four of the strongest in each hill. For succes- 

 sion, sow at intervals of every two weeks until midsummer. Extra- 

 early crops may be grown by planting the seed 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 Jul;-. 

 The vines bear longer if the fruits are gathered as soon as they are 

 soon exhausted by ripening fruits. An ounce of seed will plant 100 hills; 2 pounds will plant an acre. 



IMPROVED WHITE SPINE CUCUMBER. 



large enough ; their strength 



^ORCINC WHITE SPINE. A selected strain of White Spine 

 *eed. Specially grown under glass for forcing. Fruit large, green, 

 medium thick, holds its color well. An excellent variety. Pkt. 

 10 ets., oz. 25 cts. 



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. 15 cts., 341b. 50 cts. 



IMPROVED LONG GREEN. The leading long-growing sort, 

 and excellent for pickles. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., %lb. 50 cts. 

 / JERSEY PICKLING.' Extensively grown for pickles. Vines are 

 wonderfully productive and the fruits are rich deep green, small 

 and very uniform in size. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 341b. 50 cts. 

 1/ CHICAGO, or WESTERFIELD PICKLE. Very largely vised 

 for pickling. The fruits are deep green, of medium length, pointed 

 at the ends. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 341b. 50 cts. 



/ EMERALD. The fruit retains its very dai-k green color long after 

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

 spines: for pickles and forcing. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., 341b. 75c. 



f PARIS PICKLING. Distinct from all others, the fruit being 



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

 crisp and tender. Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., 341b. 75 cts. 

 ^JAPANESE CLIMBING. Vigorous climbing variety. Fruits 

 almost straight, large, and from 12 to 16 inches long; skin dark green, 

 flesh thick and delicately flavored. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., }^lb. 50c. 

 * WEST INDIA GHERKIN. Small, rough, prickly fruits, used 

 for pickling. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 15 cts., 341b. 50 cts. 



i/THE CUMBERLAND. Excellent variety for pickles. The fruit 

 fTiffers from all other sorts in being thickly set with spines over the 

 entire surface except the stem end; form straight and cylindrical. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 20 cts., 341b. 75 cts. 



ENGLISH FRAME CUCUMBERS 



These varieties are used for forcing. They can be grown in hot- 

 beds or houses where the temperature does not fall below 65° at night. 

 The fruits are long, smooth and handsome, frequently growing from 

 20 to 30 inches long. 



/' Improved Telegraph, pkt. 25 cts. ^'Improved Slon House, pkt. 

 25 cts^^Buke of Edinburgh, p] 



WATER and UPLAND CRESS 



(ffreffe) 



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

 The plants increase rapidly from the roots and by self-seeding, and require little care 

 after they become established. Pepper Grass should be sown thickly in shallow drills 

 in e^arly spring, and at intervals for continued supply, as it soon runs to seed. 



if WATER CRESS. Small, oval leaves; very tender, crisp and pleasantly spicy when 

 young. Plants of prostrate habit. A perennial aquatic, which grows well in any running 

 stream, forming large beds of leaves. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts., 341b. $1.10. 



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

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

 oz. 30 cts., 341b. $1.10. 



j EXTRA CURLED, or PEPPER CRASS. Of pleasant, pungent flavor; the 

 f ^g- leaves can be cut several times. The plants 



grow well in any soil, and require little care. 

 Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., 341b. 25 cts. 



DANDELION 



(^arbeblum) 



An early spring salad. Sow early in 

 spring in drills 12 inches apart, and thin out 

 to 6 inches in the rows. 



IMPROVED FRENCH. Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c. 



EXTRA CURLED CRESS. 



EGGPLANT mmm* 



IMPROVED THORNLESS EGGPLANT. 



Sow the seed in hotbeds early in March, transplant to small pots and plunge them in the same 

 beds; this is to make them strong and stocky. They should not be planted out in rows until 

 May or June, when the weather becomes warm and settled, as cool nights and wet weather will 

 check their growth. Set the plants in rows 3 feet apart each way and give them thorough culti- 

 vation, drawing the earth up to the stems when they are about a foot high; it is well to keep 

 some plants in the hotbed for replanting. Repeated sowings are sometimes necessary, as the 

 seed does not germinate freely without strong and uniform heat. In cutting do not injure the 

 plant. An ounce of seed will produce 1,000 plants. 



/ NEW YORK IMPROVED THORNLESS. The leading market variety ; strong and pro- 

 ductive in habit. The fruits are deep purple, large, smooth, free from thorns; flesh white, 

 tender, of delicate flavor. Pkt. 5 cts., oz. 30 cts. 



*> BLACK BEAUTY. Fruit broad and thick, of very attractive form and lustrous purplish 

 black color; very productive, of excellent quality, and about 10 davs earlier than the preceding. 

 Pkt. 10 cts., oz. 90 cts. 



