BOSS CUCUMBERS 



4MAUL,E'S EARLY WHITE SPINE. — This beautiful Cucumber cauuot be praised 

 too highly. As a tuble sort it is unsurpassed, and in productiveness it is truly remarkable. 

 In 1887 one of my customers gathered, between June and September, over 1,000 Cucumbers 

 from a single hill containing three vines. Fruit grows from 5 to 7 inches in length, and 2 to 3 inches 

 in diameter. The accompanying engraving is an exact illustration of an average specimen. They 

 are always as handsome as shown in the cut, being uniformly straight, of a rich green color, with 

 few White Spines. It is one of the very best for forcing purposes. The flesh is always tender, crisp 

 and of excellent flavor. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents ; l / t lb., 30 cents; lb., 81.00 ; 5 lbs., $3.00. 



MAl'LE'S IMPROVED LONG GREEN. — Every day last Sept. a year I was constantly in 

 receipt of numbers of us line Cucumbers as any one would wish to see. Thev were sent me in 



competition for the 850 premium offered lor the best Improved , 

 Long Green, grown from Maule's Seeds in 1889. C. S. Bird, 

 Muscatine, Iowa, finally secured the premium with a most 

 beautiful specimen measuring 18 inches in length. I do not 

 believe such an assortment of handsome Cucumbers was 

 ever seen before, and I am conlidentin describing this 

 variety, no words of praise can be too strong for its 

 merits. They are always of superior quality, firm and 

 crisp, growing 12 to 20 inches long. The young 

 fruit makes one of the best of pickles while when 

 ripe they are the best of any for sweet pickles. 

 Vines are strong growers, and fruit is always 

 produced in great abundance, making it one 

 of the most productive varieties in cultiva- 

 tion. Packet, 10 cents; ouuee, 15 cents; 

 % pound, 10 cents ; pound, £1.10 ; 5 lbs., 8:150. 



