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GREEN PROLIFIC CUCUMBER. 



256 Green Prolific or Boston Pickling 



This is one of the most popular pickling cucum- 

 bers, of the very best form and quality, and has 

 yielded at the rate of over 200,000 pickles per acre. 

 Uniform shape and appearance; its enormous pro- 

 ductive ability makes the variety a favorite one 

 with pickle growers and commercial gardeners. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 

 ^ pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25, postpaid. 



257 Maule's Improved Long Green 



This fine cucumber grows from 12 to 16 inches or 

 more in length; and is of superior quality. The 

 young fruits are Very largely used for pickling, and 

 it is a standard sort for that purpose. Full sized 

 cucumbers are in high favor for making the so- 

 called sweet pickles. Vines are strong growers, and 

 the fruit is always produced in great abundance, 

 making it one of the most productive varieties in 

 cultivation. We have an improved and very excel- 

 ; ent strain, which has for many years been decidedly 

 popular with thousands of our customers. 



Packet, 10 cents; onnce, 15 cents; 

 % pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.50, postpaid. 



EARLY GREEN CLUSTER CUCUMBER. 



263 Early Green Cluster 



This is a short, pale green variety, maturing early. 

 It is rather prickly and contains few seeds. The 

 fruit is borne in clusters near the root; it is a favorite 

 for pickling on account of its great productiveness. 

 Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 

 ^ pound, 40 cents; pound, $1.25, postpaid. 



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Panmure LonA White 



rhis wonderful pure white cucumber grows to an enormous size, often producing speci- 

 ens 2(1 inches long, weighing i to 6 pounds, which is larger than any other sort. It is a monster 

 hen only half grown is exceedingly fine in quality. Its beautiful white skin is very smooth; 

 tirely free from spines. It is solid, tender and crisp, with very small seed cavity; splendid 

 r slicing. Its enormous size, beauty and oddity make it one of the best cucumbers for es- 

 bition at fairs, never failing to capture first prize. The vines are quite vigorous in growth 

 A immensely productive. A desirable home garden sort, or for exhibition purposes it is 

 isurpassed. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 25 cents; % pound, 75 cents; pound, $2.50. 



252 Maule's Early White Spine 



This cucumber cannot be praised too highly. 

 It is nothing more nor less than an extra fine 

 type of what is unquestionably the best and 

 most widely grown variety in America. It is 

 unsurpassed as a table and market sort, and Is 

 also used for pickling. No other kind exceeds 

 it in productiveness, and it is equally good for 

 forcing under glass or growth in the open air. 

 We have a record of where a single hill of three 

 vines produced over 500 cucumbers during the 

 season. The fruit is from 5 to 7 inches long and 

 2 to a inches in diameter. Color, a beautiful 

 dark green. This illustration shows most ac- 

 curately the fine shape this cucumber attains. 



Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 

 % ponnd, 40 cents; pound, $1.50, postpaid. 



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