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The J. Bolgiano Seed Company, Baltimore, Md. 



Cucumber- 



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. 

 Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



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. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



93. Bolgiano's Prolific Pickling. Bears fruit from the time 

 it first starts until frost. Vines are strong and vigorous, yielding 

 immense quantities of fruit, and remains in a fresh, healthy, 

 growing state longer than any other sort. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. 

 % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



236. Boston Pickling. Fruit short, smooth and pointed at 

 each end; light green, a great yielder; one of the best for 

 pickling. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. _ 



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. 

 Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



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. 

 Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. 1/4 Lb. 35c. Lb. $1.25. 



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

 producing pickles of. medium size and fine quality. Pkt. 10c. 

 Oz. 15c. % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



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

 shapely, prolific and holds its color. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 

 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



92. Excelsior Long Green Cucumber. It is a model for 

 size, form and beauty. Deep green color, and an abundant 

 cropper. For table use and pickles. This sort runs so uniform 

 that the Cucumbers look as if they had all been selected. Pkt. 

 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 35c. Lb. $155. 



-Continued 



544. Davis Perfect Cucumber. This variety is noted for 

 producing the only Cucumbers of quahty enabling them to,^ 

 sell in competition with hothouse grown stock. Very slender,! 

 almost seedless, cylindrical and tapering at the ends. It much ■ 

 resembles the expensive English forcing varieties and is super- 1 

 seding them in the markets. Pkts. 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 35c 

 Lb. $1.25. 



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

 Gherkin. It is small, oval and covered with spines; color light 

 green. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 40c. Lb. $1.50. 



517. Japanese Climbing Cucumber. Used as a beautiful 

 vine and also for its fruit. Pkts. 10c. Oz. 15c. ^/i Lb. 45c. Lb. 

 $1.50. 



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

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

 Pkts. 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 40c. Lb. $1.50. 



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

 most prolific pickling Cucumbers. The Cucumbers are ot a 

 dark color, straight, long, even and slim. They are very tender 

 and crisp. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. i/4 Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



454. Pittsburgh Famous Pickling Cucumber. This stock 

 has been bred to order by one of the most expert plant breeders 

 for a concern who uses thousands of acres yearly and know just 

 what is wanted in pickling Cucumbers. The vines are excep- 

 tionally robust; fruit sets close in and are very uniform. Pkt. 

 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



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. Pkt. 

 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



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. Pkt. 10c. 

 Oz. 15c. % Lb. 30c. Lb. $1.00. 



/ress 



Cresson- 

 Sreffo 



-Berro o Mastuerzo 



Culture. Sow curJed or pepper grass thickly, in sliallow drills, every 

 2 weeks. It should be cut often and will continue to grow. It is useful for 

 salad and for garnishing. 



520. True Water Cress. Should be sown in damp soil ; or 

 if a stream of water can be utilized, they would be much finer. 

 They will thrive well in damp hotbeds. Rightly managed, their 

 culture is very profitable. To obtain early salad it is a good 

 plan to sow with Water Cress Seed a strip 4 inches wide on 

 the upper margin of the hotbed, inside the frame, where it is 

 always cool. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 50c. % Lb. $1.40. Lb. $5.00. 



521. Fine Curled or Pepper Grass. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. % 

 Lb. 25c. Lb. 80c. 



Herbs — 



SWEET. MEDICINAL 

 AND POT 



Pkt. Oz. ilb. 



Martynia 10c 40c $1 .15 



Rosemary 10c 65c 2.00 



Sage 10c 50c 1.35 



Summer Savory lOc 25c 60c 



Thyme 10c 50c 1.40 



Horehound .... 10c 30c 95c 



Pkt. Oz. i lb. 



Basil Sweet 10c 25c 60c 



Caraway lOc 25c 60c 



Chives 10c 60c 



Coriander 10c 15c 45c 



Dill Mammoth . . 10c 15c 40c 

 Fennel Sweet . . lOc 25c 75c 



Chicoree Sauvage 

 Cicoria Selvatica 



Chicory 



Achicoria 

 Chichorienwurzel 



404. Whitloof or French Endive. A winter salad, mostly 

 served with salad dressing. Seed should be sown in the open 

 ground in June, and later thinned to stand five inches apart 

 and allowed to grow until the fall. They are then taken up 

 and cut to about 7 inches in length, all side roots removed, 

 planted in a trench 15 inches deep, about 2 inches apart; the 

 trench is then filled with good, rich soil. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 25c. V^ 

 Lb. 75c. Lb. $2.50. 



1 Oz. to 150 feet 

 of row 



End 



ive 



Chicoree 

 Escarola o Endivia 

 GnbiDia 



Lavender 10c 25c 80c Marjoram Sweet 10c 20c 75c 



106. Bolgiano's Self-Blanching Endive. A perfect self- 

 blanching curled Endive, beautiful and graceful in shape, most 

 attractive, perfect color, shading from a large, rich golden heart 

 to the outer leaf of emerald green. Pkt. 10c. Oz. 15c. hi Lb. 

 40c. Lb. $1.25. 



107. Green Curled Endive. Much better than the com- 

 mon varieties. An attractive and ornamental vegetable. Pkt". 

 10c. Oz. 15c. % Lb. 35c. Lb. $1.25. 



452. Broad-Leayed Batavian. The leaves are large and 

 broad, having the edges slightly cut. It can be blanched, but 

 is more generally used to cook like Spinach, or as flavoring for 

 soups, stews, etc. Called " Escarolle " in the South. Pkt. 10c. , 

 Oz. 15c. Vi Lb. 40c. Lb. $1.25. 



