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Perfection Hothouse Forcing. A uniformly long Cucumber of a rich green color 



Perfection Hothouse Forcing Cucumber 



(A Pedigree Stock Grown at Windermoor Especially for Winter Forcing) 



With the increasing demand for a forcing strain of Cucumber to be planted in greenhouses, we have been endeavoring for a 

 number of years to secure a strain of such a Cucumber which would fill the needs of our growers. Last year our entire crop was 

 lost through a severe hail-storm in Colorado, where we were having the seed grown. However, after careful inquiry into the different 

 sections where greenhouse forcing is followed, we have secured a stock seed which is superior to all others as a forcing variety. We 

 have grown on Windermoor Farm this summer a limited number of pounds of seed from this original stock, and find that it repro- 

 duces itself very uniformly and even surpasses our expectations. Perfection Hothouse fruits average 7 to 8 inches in length and 2}/£ 

 inches in thickness. The skin is very dark green, with small, greenish white stripes running a short way from the end. We are selecting 

 the seed for even a darker green stripe than is now in evidence. The flesh is crisp and white, making it an excellent slicing Cucumber. 

 One of the advantages of this strain is that it will hold its dark green color for a number of days, making it a splendid market variety, 

 especially for long-distance shipping. It is not extremely long but the shape, color and markings make it the best possible greenhouse 

 variety. The white spines are evenly distributed over the surface, adding materially to its selling qualities. The vines grow very 

 strong and healthy, and the yield is exceptionally large and uniform. The gardeners growing this greenhouse forcing Cucumber 

 recommend it as the very best which it is possible to procure and we have the utmost confidence in the ideal which they have chosen 

 as being the best for forcing use. On our farm we have re-selected again this already superior strain, and we feel that the seed here 

 offered is not only true to type, but something superior to any Hothouse Forcing Cucumber ever offered. Pkt. 25 cts., VzOZ. 60 cts., 

 oz. $1, V4lb. $2.50, lb. $10. 



The Advantages of a Simplified Seed Catalogue 



The number of varieties listed in our 1915 catalogue was only about half of those listed in previous 

 editions. This simplification has met with the universal approval of our trade, and we are, therefore, con- 

 tinuing along those lines this season. The two great advantages in the reduced number of varieties, as we 

 see it, are: First, the elimination of all double naming of the same sorts, and, second, we have culled out a 

 large number which we considered unnecessary by reason of the fact that the varieties which we did choose 

 were of very much higher merit for all general purposes. The elimination of all double naming was in accord 

 with our whole plan of reorganization, for we were determined to do away with all practices which were 

 not absolutely fair to our customers. We believe that our catalogue, as it stands now, is easier to order 

 from than the average, — at least this has been our purpose. In all probability we are not listing certain 

 favorite varieties which some of our trade have been accustomed to for years. We believe, however, that 

 by the use of the keys which are furnished under nearly all of the vegetables, our trade will fully under- 

 stand the benefits which will accrue to them from this system. Our effort has been to establish a varietal 

 standard which will be changed only when something distinctly new and better is introduced. We are 

 always open to suggestions, and are always glad to try out anything new which is brought to our attention. 



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