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W. F. ALLEN'S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE . 



ALLEN'S PRIDE OF 

 THE MARKET.— See ill- 

 ustration. The above 

 photograph was taken 

 true to nature from ma- 

 ture cucumbers. The 

 basket was a full size five- 

 eights peach basket. 

 While in a tender crisp 

 condition, before the 

 seeds have fullv matured 

 and while in the best con- 

 dition for market, I have 

 picked loads that would 

 average from twelve to 

 fourteen inches.long. The 

 color is ve y da>k gieeu, 

 which color it letains 

 for a long time after be- 

 ing picked ; the vines are 

 strong and vigorous with 

 large, healthy foliage. As 

 a market variety, where 

 a strictly fancy article is 

 appreciated, or for home 

 use, it cannot fail to be- 

 come a great favorite. 

 So sure am I that this 

 variety will give satis- 

 faction that all who buy 

 it and ate not satisfied, I 

 will give them the 

 amount they paid for 

 seed of this va iety in 

 any other seed listed in my 

 catalogue ; if they are not 

 satisfied after growing- it 

 one season. Furthermore, I 

 will give Five Dollars ($5.00) 

 to the party who sends me 



ALLEN S PRIDE OF THE MARKET. 



the best description of this variety after growing it this season 

 of seed bought of me, and basing the description entirely upon 

 his own experience with the variety. Pkt. 10c. ; oz. 25c. ; 

 quarter-pound 75c. ; oound, $2.00. 



\ FORDHOOK FAflOUS.-This is a beautiful, long, green cu- 

 cumber of the White Spine type ; vines produce an enormous 

 crop, being unusually vigorous growth, with large thick 

 leaves ; the cucumbers are perfectly smooth and very DARK 

 GREEN ; the handsome fruit are longer than the old White 

 Spine type and are nearly always straight ; it seems to be 

 nearly all flesh and few seeds. Mr. John Mueller, of St. Louis 

 Co., Mo., writes : The cucumber seed were very good. They 

 bear full and would measure about fourteen inches in length." 

 The variety was Fordhook Famous. I can confidentially rec- 

 ommend this variety to all lovers of cucumbers, for whatso- 

 ever purpose grown. Pkt. 5c. ; oz. 20c. ; quarter-pound 60c. ; 

 pound $1.75. 



EARLY FORTUNE.— This is a very earls', 

 wonderfully productive and exceedingly 

 productive and exceeding^ pretty cucum- ^^SB 

 ber. I have shipped a great mans' of this ^K 

 variety to New York and though' outdo: >r 

 growu, mans* of them sold as high as seven 1 

 to eight dollars per barrel, and mj- com- '■ ; ; 



mission merchant wrote me that he could ^raf 

 not tell them from hot-house grown. The "^gf- 

 past season of 1005, I shipped several hun- ^*^B 



dred barrels of this variety, and all sold at 

 profitable prices. Tatem & Co., produce 

 commission merchant, of Baltimore, state, that through 

 theip racommendation, several southern shippers have 

 been planting Early Fortune cucumber seed for the past 

 several years, and crops from these seeds are the finest 

 they ever handled" The Early Fortune is not only at 

 tractive in appearance, but is deep green in color, very 

 regular in shape ; therefore, much sought after in mar- 

 ket and always brings top prices. This is an improved 

 strain of White Spine and a valuable acquisition to the 

 list of cucumders. It will actually keep green for a 

 month after being pulled. Now don't sas r this is not 

 true until s r ou have tried it. for I have seen it done time 

 and again. One grower sas r s : I have been growing other 



varieties ol cucumbers for many s'ears, but have not 

 found any ans r so good as Early fortune. I grew them 

 this year ten inches long and they are nearly all one 

 shape. No variety in the world equal them.'" Mr. J. F. 

 Githens, who runs a vers' large truck farm in Florida in 

 the winter, and one in New .Jersev in summer, procured 

 seed of this valuable cucumber from me last >ear and 

 this is what he has to sav about it: "I found the de- 

 scription you gave the Early Fortune true. I received 

 off one acre of that variety in Florida last winter $1015.42, 

 which amount I receiven for five hundred crates." No 

 one will make a mistake in planting this varietv, either 

 for home use, market, or for pickling. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c; 

 quarter-pound 30c. ; pound $1.00. 



PENINSULA PRIZE.— This new cucumber is equal 

 to ans T variety ever grown for market purpose. .Like 

 the Earls r Fortune, it remains very dark gi*een in color 



EARLY FORTUNE. 



after being picked indefinitety. Two years ago, while in 

 a rush to get my cucumbers to the train, several baskets 

 were left on the side of the patch ; these remain there 

 for over two weeks before thes' were emptied, and they 

 were actually in better condition than many that I have 

 seen on the market ; after lying in the field all this time, 

 thes r were absolutely perfectly green. It is a strong 

 healthy vine, is very productive, and fine eating quality. 

 I claim, without fear of being contradicted, that this is 

 equal to any cucumber on the market and superior to 

 most of them. Mr. Geo. W. Baughman, of Ohio, who 

 bought this cucumber seed of me last spring, says that 

 we furnished our neighbors with all the cucumbe rS 



PENINSULA PRIZE. 



