SEEDS AND POULTRY SUPPLIES 



CUCUMBER— Gurke 



One ounce to fifty hills. One to two pounds to 

 CULTURE.— For growth of Cucumbers, hills ar 

 soil is best. If necessary, enrich the hills with a mix 

 early use, plant in May ; for pickling, plant 

 in June or July. Eight or ten seeds should 

 be allowed to each hill, as the young plants 

 are often destroyed by bugs. 



Soon as the plants attain vigor, thin 

 them, leaving the three most promising. If 

 practicable, water during the drought; keep 

 soil loose and free from weeds. 



IMPROVED EARLY WHITE SPINE, 

 or ARLINGTON.— A selection from the 

 White Spine, being more pointed at each 

 end. The young fruits are usually crisp 

 and tender, and are of very dark green 

 color, so that the variety is considered by 

 many to be the best for small pickles. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 10c. Ya pound, 30c. 

 Pound, $1.00. 



LONDON LONG GREEN.— The stand- 

 ard late sort, quite crisp and of good size. 

 It is not so early as the Spine, but is 

 more desirable for a late crop. Ounce 

 Ya pound, 35c. Pound, $1.25. 



THE DAVIS PERFECT CUCUMBER.— As a 

 forcing cucumber, the Davis Perfect, has no equal. 

 Its excellent eating qualities, shape, color and pro- 

 ductiveness place it without a rival. Packet, 5c. 

 Ounce, 10c. M pound, 30c. Pound, $1.00. 



KLONDIK E— A very early strain of White 

 Spine, with dark green skin, which holds its color 

 a long time. Fruit 6 to 7 inches long and produced 

 in profusion. Quality unsurpassed. Packet, 5c. 

 Ounce, 10c. Ya pound, 30c. Pound, $1.00. 



an acre. 



e raised, standing five feet apart. Quite rich sandy 

 ture of sandy soil and strong rotted manure. For 



10c. 



White Spine, or Arlington 



PERFECTED JERSEY PICKLE.— New and fine. 

 The best pickle. Ounce, 10c. Ya pound, 30c. Pound. 

 $1.00. 



COOL AND CRISP.— A very early and prolific 

 variety. Fruit is long and good shape ; dark green 

 in color. It shows knobs bearing spines more than 

 riiost varieties. It is a good home variety as well 

 as an attractive market sort. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 

 10c. Va pound, 30c. Pound, $1.00. 



GHERKIN, or BURR.— Used only for pickling. 

 Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. Ya pound, 50c. Pound, 

 I $1.75. 



EGG PLANT 



One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 



Sow in March in hotbed, and transplant when two inches high into a second hotbed, or let them 

 remain and thin out to four inches apart. When the weather becomes settled transplant into the 

 open ground three feet apart each way. Good culture is quite as important as , good seed ; work the 

 ground deep; make it rich with well-rotted manure, and hoe often. 



BLACK BEAUTY EGG PLANT.— The New 

 York Black Beaucy combines in itself many charac- 

 teristics which are very valuable in this vegetable. 

 In the first place, it is very early; in fact, the earli- 

 est good market variety. By this we mean it is the 

 earliest variety that grows to a good size suitable 

 for market purposes. Packet, 10c. Ounce, 40c. 

 Ya pound, $1.25. Pound, $5.00. 



NEW YORK IMPROVED SPINELESS.— Best 

 New Jersey gardeners' selection. Oval shape, 

 thornless, dark purple color and rich flavor. Packet, 

 10c. Ounce, 40c. Ya pound, $1.25. Pound, $5.00. 



FLORIDA HIGH BUSH.— Has proved a money- 

 maker to Southern growers. It resists drought and 

 wet weather to a wonderful degree on account of 

 its strong, upright growth, the fruits being held 

 well off the ground. Very vigorous and productive, 

 bearing profusely its large purple fruits of fine 

 shape and quality. An excellent shipper. Commis- 

 sion men report they reach market in the best con- 

 dition and command high prices. Packet, 10c. 

 Ounce, 40c. Ya pound, $1.25. Pound, $5.00. 



BiacK iifcauty jfcgg f iant 



We can supply all kinds of Vegetable Plants 

 in season, such as Tomato, Cabbage, Celery, 

 Sweet Potato, Eggplants, Peppers, Lettuce, 

 etc., by the dozen or hundred. 



