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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 



An Ideal Stays Green Cucumber "Selfed" for Future Propagation 



CUCUMBER 



For the sake of uniformity in comparing eaiiiness of varieties we have stated the approximate 

 number of days required under ordinary circumstances to produce fruits of maximum shcing size 

 from seed planted out of doors early in June at our Oakxiew Experimental Gardens near Detroit. 

 The descriptions are of full sized sheers. 



Code Word 



Boston Pickling creep 



60 days. Splendid pickhng and shcing sort. Fruits medium dark 

 green; black spined; 6 — 7 in. long; 23^ in. thick; symmetrical; 

 onlv slight Iv tapered. 



CHICAGO PICKLING cremox 



60 days. Valuable pickhng and shcing variety. Fruits deep me- 

 dium green; black spined; 6 — Tin. long; 23^ — 23^in. thick; taper 

 very slightly toward each end; uniform. 



Davis Perfect cavper 



68 days. Splendid dark green shcing variety particularly valuable 

 for shipping. Fruits very dark green; retain color long after picking; 

 white spined; 9 — 11 in. long; 23^ in. thick; somewhat tapered at 

 both ends; very few seeds. 



Early Cluster crest 



56 days. Very fine pickling sort; very popular for earh^ sheers. 

 Fruits medium dark green; black spined; 5/4 in. long; 2% in. 

 thick; cyhndrical and full at both ends. 



EARLY FORTUNE cufort 



66 days. One of the most desirable .slicing sorts; extensively gi'own 

 for shipping. Fruits very dark gi-een, color retained a long time 

 after hai' vest ; white spined; S — 9 in. long; 23^ in. thick; only 

 slightly tapered; very uniform. 



Early Short Green or Early Frame cretac 



56 days. Splendid for pickhng and for slicing, very popular for 

 home gardens. Fruits bright medium green; black spined; 6 — 7 

 in. long; 2'^ o in. thick; uniform: blunt. 



Early White Spine crisp 



60 days. The most popular white spined cucumber for the home 

 garden; extensively gi^own for shipping. Fruits medium dark 

 green; remain in good condition remarkably long; 7 in. long; 23^ 

 in. thick; shghtly tapered; blunt. 



Evergreen White Spine crimple 



66 days. Splendid for home garden, market garden and shipping. 

 Fruits very dark glossy gi-een; 8 — 10 in. long; 23^ in. thick; cyhn- 

 drical; blunt; very uniform. 



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