SEEDS AND POULTRY SUPPLIES 9 
CUCUMBER— Gurke 
One ounce to fifty hills. 
early use, plant in May; for pickling, plant a 
in June or July. Eight-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 usually crisp 
and tender, and are of very dark green 
color, so that the variety is considered by 
many to be the best. Packet, 5c. «Ounce, 
15c. %4 pound, 40c. Pound, $1.25. 
LONDON LONG GREEN.—The stand- 
ard late sort, quite crisp and of good size. 
It is not so early as the Spine, but is _ , |i 
more desirable for a late crop. Packet, 5c. 
Ounce, 15c. %4 pound, 40c. Pound, $1.25. 
THE DAVIS PERFECT CUCUMBER—As a 
forcing cucumber, the Davis Perfect has no equal. 
Its excellent eating qualities, shape, color and pro- 
ductiveness place it without a rival. Packet, 5c. 
Ounce, 15c. % pound, 40c. Pound, $1.25. 
PERFECTED JERSEY PICKLE.—New and fine. 
The best pickle. Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. ™% pound, 
30c. Pound, $1.00. 
GHERKIN, or BURR.—Used only for pickling. 
Packet, 5c. Ounce, 15c. % pound, 45c. Pound, $1.50. 
EARLY FORTUNE.—Is of recent introduction 
and is considered the finest market cucumber of the 
One to two pounds to an acre. : 
CULTURE.—For growth of Cucumbers, hills are raised, standing five feet apart. 
soil is best. If necessary, enrich the hills with a mixture of sandy soil and strong rotted manure. 
Quite rich sandy 
For 
we 
Early Fortune Cucumbers. 
White Spine type. The fruits measure 9 inches long 
and are slightly tapering. The thick flesh is pure 
white, firm, and unusually crisp, with very few 
seeds. The fruits are of a ricn, dark green color, 
which does not fade when shipped to distant mar- 
kets. Pkt., 5c. Ounce, 15c. %4 Ib., 40c. Pound, $1.25. 
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, 40c. Pound, $1.25. 
EGG PLANT 
3 F One ounce will produce 1,000 plants. 
Sow in March in hotbed, and transplant when two inches high into a second hotbed, 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. : 
Black Beauty Egg Plant. 
BLACK BEAUTY EGG PLANT.—The New 
York Black Beauty combines in itself many charac- 
teristics which are very valuable in this vegetable. 
In the first place, it is very early; in fact, the earli- 
est good market variety. By this we mean it is the 
earliest variety that grows to a good size suitable 
for market purposes. Packet, 10c. Ounce, 40c. 
Y% pound, $1.25. Pound, $4.50. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED SPINELESS.—Best 
New Jersey gardeners’ selection. Oval shape, 
thornless, dark purple color and rich flavor. Packet, 
10c. Ounce, 40c. % pound, $1.25. Pound, $4.50. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH.—Has proved a money- 
maker to Southern growers. It resists drought and 
wet weather to a wonderful degree on account of 
its strong, upright growth, the fruits being. held 
well off the ground. Very vigorous and productive, 
bearing profusely its large purple fruits of fine 
shape and quality. An excellent shipper. Commis- 
* sion men report they reach market in the best con- 
dition and command high prices. 
% pound, $1.25. 
Packet, 
Pound, $4.00. 
10c. 
Ounce, 35c. 
We can supply all kinds of Vegetable Plants 
in season, such as Tomato, Cabbage, Celery, 
Sweet Potato, Eggplants, Peppers, Lettuce, 
etc., by the dozen or hundred. 
