GARDEN MANUAL *'OK THE SOUTHERN STATES 



Frotscher's New Orleans Market. 



Improved Early White Spine. This is a 

 popular variety. It is of medium size, light 

 green, covered with white spines, and turns 

 white when ripe. A good kind for shipping. 

 It is used by market gardeners for forcing as 

 well as outdoor culture and is very productive. 



Frotscher's New Orleans Market. This 

 is a variety selected from an imported forcing 

 Cucumber, introduced by the late Richard 

 Frotscher. It is good for forcing or open 

 ground; very productive, keeps its green 

 color and has few vines. This kind cannot 

 be excelled for shipping, as it produces very 

 perfect cucumbers and but few culls; the 



Improved Early White. 



largest growers of cucumbers for shipping 

 about here plant none but this variety. It is 

 quite different from the Long White Spine 

 offered by some. The best in and outdoor 

 cucumber yet introduced. 



Early Frame. A good, early variety, but 

 not so popular as the foregoing kind. It is 

 deep green in color, but turns yellow very 

 quickly, as it is a very small variety it is used 

 extensively for pickling. 



Long Gree,n Turkey. A long variety, at- 

 taining a length of from fifteen to eighteen 

 inches when well grown. Very fine and 

 productive. 



Early Cluster. Early, short and prickly; 

 it bears in clusters. Principally cultivated 

 for pickling. 



Early Cluster. 



West India Gherkin. 



Early Frame. 



Adams' Extra Early Corn, as a garden corn, should be first choice. 



