— 36 J. STECKLER SEED CO., 
LTD., ALMANAC AND 
CUCUMBER. 
For Price List See Red Pages in Back of Book. 
Concombre (Fr.), Gurke (Ger.), Pepino (Sp.), Cetriolo (Ital.) 
CULTURE. 
apart; 
Plant in hills from three to four feet 
the hills should be made rich with well decomposed manure, and eight to ten 
seeds should be planted to each hill, and covered about one-half inch deep; when well 
up thin out to four plants in the hill tiiothe vines meet. 
plants have to be watered, else they do not keep in bearing long. 
A great many Cucumbers are planted here in February, or even 
from March till July. 
When the Spring is dry the 
They can be planted 
sooner, and are protected by small boxes or dirt bands with a pane of glass on top. 
These boxes are removed during the day and put back in the evening. 
cloudy and cold the plants are kept covered. 
with a piece of cloth so as to get off all the mildew possible. 
When days are 
For mildew on Cucumbers, rub the leaves 
Then powder freely with 
slack powdered lime and powdered sulphur, equally divided. For insects use 6 pounds of 
Blue Stone to 50 gallons of water and spray as often as you think necessary until the 
desired results are obtained. 
spray for insects. 
HENDERSON’S PER- 
FECTED WHITE 
SPINE.—The finest for 
slicing. Cucumber per- 
fection has been at- 
tained in this grand 
improvement in 
White Spine family. It 
is an early, prolific and 
continuous producer of 
uniformly large and 
symmetrical fruits of an 
intensely rich, deep 
green color, faintly 
marked with light yel- 
lowish shading towards 
the tip. It runs very 
close to type, bearing 
practically no mis- 
shapen fruit or culls. It is the ideal for 
slicing—fiesh being compact, fine grained, 
sparkling white and of most refreshing and 
delightful flavor. The vines are vigorous, 
quite healthy, mildew-proof, maintaining 
their fresh luxuriance and bearing — 
the earliest to the latest season. 
West India Gherkin. 
WEST INDIA GHERXIN, or Burr, is 
extensively grown for pickling; it is the 
smallest of all varieties, and should be 
picked while young and tender and put in 
salt water until required for pickling. 
KLONDYEKE.—An attractive dark green 
cucumber, averaging 6 to 7 inches long and 
2 inches thick; of unsurpassed quality. Its 
points of superiority are: 
ness, a prolific bearer, very 
just right for a slicing cucumber. 
cellent pickling sort. 
hardy; size 
An ex- 
extreme earli- 
Gresselli’s Arsenate of Lead Paste is also valuable as a 
One ounce to 80 hills; 1% pounds per acre. 
Henderson’s White ‘gine 
DAVIS PERFECT.—Unequalled for qual- 
ity, shape, color, productiveness and ship- 
ping. Color, a dark, glossy green; shape, 
slim and symmetrical, with an average 
length of ten to twelve inches. They never 
grow pussy. and hold their color until 
nearly ripe, when they turn white without 
a sign of yellow streak on them. The 
quality. is fine, as the seeds are soft when 
the cucumber is fit for table use, is very 
tender and brittle and of exceptionally 
good flavor. Another point of merit is its 
splendid shipping qualities. It holds its 
color and brittleness long after being cut, 
and on account of its being a strong grower 
it is able to resist the cucumber disease 
which works destruction among so many 
of the best forcing varieties. 
EARLY CLUSTER. — Early, short and 
prickly; it bears in clusters. Principally 
cultivated for pickling. 
EARLY FORUTNE. 
quisition because of its deep green color 
which it retains unchanged for a week 
after nicking, thus fitting it for shipping 
long distances. In size it is larger and 
slimmer than White Spine. The fruit is 
cylindrical, smooth, free from wart, and 
bears brown spines. 
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE. — Very 
regular in outline, uniform in size, averag- 
ing seven to eight inches in length, straight 
and of a rich dark green _ color. Flesh 
white, crisp and solid, with comparatively 
few seeds. Vines of vigorous growth and 
very productive. 
LONG GREEN TURKEY.—A long varie- 
ty, attaining a length of from 15 to 18 
inches when well grown. Very fine and 
productive. 
Diversify Your Crops and Plant Seed from Steckler. 
