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SEEDS AND IMPLEMENTS 
CUCUMBER  txtte, cer. 
1 oz. to 50 hills. 1 to 2 lbs. to an acre. 
Culture.—For growth of cucumbers, 
hills are raised, standing five feet apart. 
Quite rich, sandy soil is best. If necessary 
Ko enrich the hills with a mixture of sandy 
Ss mt yy soil and strong rotted manure. For early 
\ yy use, plant in May; for pickling, plant in 
SJ June or July. Hight or ten seeds should be 
allowed to each hill, as the young plants 
are often destroyed by bugs. 
Soon as the plants attain vigor, thin 
them, leaving the three most promising; if 
practicable water during the drought; keep 
soil loose and free from weeds. 
Improved Early White Spine or Arlington. 
—A selection from the White Spine, being 
more pointed at each end. The young fruits 
are unusually crisp and tender, and are of very 
dark-green color, so that the variety is consid- 
ered by manv to be the best for small pickles. 
sea 5c. Ounce, 10c. 4% pound, 30c. Pound, 
1.00. 
London Long Green.—Is the standard late 
sort, quite crisp and of good size; it is not so 
early as the Spine, but is more desirable for a 
late crop. Ounce, Ioc. % pound, 30c. Pound, 
$1.00. 
Gerkin or Burr.—Used only for pickling. 
Packet, 5c. Ounce, 20c. % pound, 50c. 
The Davis Perfect Cucumber.—As a forcing 
Cucumber the Davis Perfect has no equal. Its 
excellent eating qualities, shape, color and 
productiveness place it without a rival. Asa 
cucumber for growing outside it has proven 
to be a big money maker. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 
r5c. 4 pound, 4oc. Pound, $1.25. 
Perfected Jersey Pickle.—New and fine. The best pickle. Ounce, toc. %4 pound, 25c. Pound, 9oc. 
Cool and Crisp.—A very early and prolific variety. Fruit is long and good shape, dark green 
in color; it shows knobs bearing spines more than most varieties. It is a good home variety as 
well as an attractive market sort. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. % pound, 4oc. Pound, $1.25. 
Ree PLAN T 
Eierfrucht, Ger. 
‘1 oz. will produce 1,000 plants, 
Sow in March in hot bed, and transplant when two 
inches high into a second hot bed, or let them remain 
and thin out to four inches apart. When the weather 
becomes settled, transplant into the open ground 
three feet apart each way. Good culture is quite 
as important as good seed; work the ground deep; 
make it rich with well rotted manure and hoe often. 
New York Improved Purple.—Oval shape, 
thornless: dark purple color and rich flavor. 
Packet, 10c. Ounce, 30c. % pound, goc. Pound, 
$3.00. 
Black Beauty Egg Plant—The New Black 
Beauty combines in itself many characteris- 
tics which are very valuable in this vegetable. 
In the first place, it is very early; in fact, the 
earliest good market variety. By this we 
mean it is the earliest variety that grows to a 
good size suitable for market purposes. Pack- 
BLACK BEAUTY EGG PLANT. | et, oc. Ounce, 30c. % pound, goc. Pound, $3.00. 
New Davis Perfect Cucumber. 
