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Bolgiano's Famous Early Fortune Cucumber 



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One ounce will plant fifty hills, 

 two pounds will plant one acre 



Culture. For very early, sow in hotbeds upon pieces of sod, or in small pots ; they can be readily transplanted with a gain of about six weeks before 

 they can be sown in the open. Plant out in rich soil when danger of frost is over, or protect by hand glasses ; or by paper held down at the corners with 

 earth. For general crops, sow in the open as soon as the weather is settled and warm, and every two weeks for a succession. For pickles, sow from 

 middie of June to Fourth of July. Sod land, turned over in the Fall, is the best for them. Plant in hills 4. feet apart, putting shovelful of well-rotted 

 manure in each hill. 



394. Bolgiano's Crystal Springs Cucumber. 1918 in- 

 troduction. (Specialty, see page 10.) Extra early, heaviest 

 yielding, continuous bearer. Attractive rich, glossy, deep green 

 color. Deep green to the very tips. Mildew-proof never turns 

 yellow. Perfect in shape, color and size. No misshapen fruits 

 or culls. Flesh firm, fine grained and tender. The quality is 

 superb. Most refreshing and delightful flavor. Entirely free 

 from bitterness. Very few seeds. Fine for slicing. The ideal 

 Cucumber for either shipping, market or home use. 



84. Bolgiano's Early Fortune Cucumber. Full blooded, 

 as pretty as a picture, and extremely early, wonderfully pro- 

 ductive, a model in shape, of the most inviting and attractive 

 deep green color. Without a doubt the finest in the world. 



17. Bolgiano's Prosperity White Spine Cucumber. This 

 Cucumber will immediately jump into utmost favor with ship- 

 pers, market gardeners and private gardeners. 



135. New Klondike. Very dark green, 6 or 7 inches long 

 and two inches thick, remains crisp a long time. It is a grand 

 market sort. 



398. Early Green Cluster Cucumber. This is an extra 

 early pickling or frame variety, being the earliest Cucumber 

 of practical use. Fruit is set in clusters of two or three and 

 are used for either pickles or for extra slicers. 



19. Perfection White Spine Cucumber. This Cucumber 

 is very much the same type as the Early Fortune. This sort 

 has great quantities of extra fancy dark green fruit, which 

 always sells well in all markets. 



236. Boston Pickling. Fruit short, smooth and pointed at each end; 

 light green, a great yielder; one of the best for pickling. 



208. Chicago or Westerfield Pickling Cucumber. Fine for Market 

 Gardeners. Medium length, pointed at each end, large spine, deep green, 

 very prolific. A fine pickling variety. 



98. Improved Long Green Cucumber. If you have to make one 

 variety do for everything, this is the one to use. It is used for an early long 

 slicing sort. It gets on the market a week ahead of most good slicers and 

 gets the early money. 



94. Early Frame, or Early Short Green. Desirable for producing 

 pickles of medium size and fine quality. 



95. Improved Jersey Pickle. It is medium in length, very shapely, 

 prolific and holds its color. 



544. Davis Perfect Cucumber. This variety is noted for producing the 

 only Cucumbers of quality enabling them to sell in competition with hot- 

 house grown stock. Very slender, almost seedless, cylindrical and tapering 

 at the ends. It much resembles the expensive English forcing varieties and 

 is superseding them in the markets. 



518. West Indian Gherkin. This is the only genuine Gherkin. It is 

 small, oval and covered with spines; color light green. 



517. Japanese Climbing Cucumber. Used as a beautiful vine and also 

 for its fruit. 



342. The New Lemon Cucumber. It has a thin skin, is crisp, tender 

 and sweet. Can be used sliced, whole or as pickles. 



384. Cool and Crisp. This is the earliest and one of the most prolific 

 pickling Cucumbers. The Cucumbers are of a dark color, straight, long, 

 even and slim. They are very tender and crisp. 



85. Arlington White Spine Cucumber. For many years 

 the standard slicing and market variety. Very prolific, and of 

 dark green color. 



90. Evergreen, or Long White Spine Cucumber. The 



best extra long table and market Cucumber. Fruit grows 8 to 

 10 inches long, holding diameter well from end to end. Heavy 

 producers of extra fancy dark green fruits of good quality. 



340. Fordhook Pickling. A thin skinned variety popular 

 on account of its long bearing season. It is very prolific, and a 

 great resistant to blight. 



587. Snow's Fancy Pickling. This type is shorter when 

 ripe than the Chicago Pickle and is broad at the stem end, 

 tapering slightly to the tip. The small pickles, although quite 

 similar to the Chicago Pickle, have an additional value where 

 blight prevails. The fruit being smaller, the blight does not 

 sap the strength of the vine to the detriment of a crop. 



591. Earliest of All. A fair size, dark green White Spine. 

 The earliest of good quality we have tried, of especial value in 

 localities where blight prevents the maturing of the late and 

 longer sorts ; also of value in the south for first crop. 



88. Extra Long White Spine Cucumber, or Fordhook 

 Famous. Skin very deep green; firm and usually crisp. The 

 plant is a strong grower; leaf large and of a deep green color. 

 The fruit is long (12 to 17 inches), smooth, slim and uniform. 



86. Improved Extra Early White Spine Cucumber. We 

 have a very uniform dark green strain. Vines are exceptionally 

 rugged and productive and fruit holds color well after harvest- 

 ing. 



CUCUMBER Pkt. Oz. | Lb. 1 Lb. 



Crystal Springs $.10 $.20 $.60 $2.00 



Early Fortune 10 .15 .45 1.50 



Prosperity White Spine 10 .15 .45 1.50 



New Klondike 10 .15 .40 1.25 



Ea. Green Cluster 10 .15 .40 1.2 5 



Perfection White Spine 10 .15 .40 1.2 5 



Arlington White Spine 10 .15 .40 1.25 



Evergreen or Long White 



Spine 10 .15 .40 1.25 



Fordhook Pickling 10 .15 .30 1.00 



Snow's Fancy Pickling 10 .15 .40 1.2 5 



Earliest of All 10 .15 .40 1.25 



Extra Long White Spine... .10 .15 .40 1.2 5 

 Improved Extra Early White 



Spine 10 .15 .40 1.2 5 



Boston Pickling 10 .15 .40 1.25 



Chicago or Westerfield 



Pickling 10 .15 .40 1.2 5 



Improved Long Green 10 .15 .40 1.50 



Early Frame or Short Green. .10 .15 .40 1.25 



Improved Jersey Pickling.. .10 .15 .40 1.25 



Davis Perfect 10 .15 .50 1.75 



West India Gherkin 10 .15 .45 1.50 



Japanese Climbing 10 .15 .45 1.50 



New Lemon 10 .15 .45 1.50 



Cool and Crisp 10 .15 .40 1.25 



