DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. 
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which could easily be dispensed with. Those principally- 
grown for useful purposes, and which are regarded as amply- 
sufficient, are as follows : — 
1. Early Frame. — This variety is a standard sort for the . 
table as well as for pickling. 
2. Early Russian. — This is" the earliest variety known. It 
sets in pairs, the first blossoms usually producing fruit. It 
makes the smallest class of pickles, or may be employed on 
the table when green. « 
3. Early Cluster. — As its name implies, this sort grows in 
clusters near the root. It is very prolific, and is principally 
valued for its early maturity. ■ 
4. Early White Spiia. — This is regarded as one. of the 
best kinds for the table. It is well adapted for forcing, a pro- 
lific bearer, and is much sought after by markelmen, from 
long retaining its freshness. 
5. London Long Green. — An excellent variety, often grow- 
ing a foot in length. It is esteemed both for pickling and for 
the table. 
6. Short Green Prickly. — This is a good variety for the table 
and for pickling, and is similar in its character to the " Early 
Frame." 
7. Extra Long Green Turkey. — This is one of the longest 
edible varieties, sometimes growing to twenty or more inches 
in length. It contains but few seeds, and may be pickled for 
immediate use. 
8. Gherkin or Wesl-Lndia. — This sort is very small, ovoid 
in shape, and covered with numerous little spines, which cause 
it to resemble a burr. It is quite late, containing a large 
number of seeds, which are very slow to vegetate. It is of 
little use except for pickling, and not much used at that. 
Cultivation*. — The cucumber is usually grown by two gen- 
eral methods — by open culture, and under frames. To have 
young cucumbers in February or March, is too difficult an op- 
eration to detail here ; but those who command a few loads of 
warm horse manure can have them from April to October. 
For open culture, sow at the period of the flowering of the 
apple and the pear, (see table on page 8,) in slight hollows, 
four feet apart, eight or nine seeds to a hill, in warm, rich, 
mellow soil, well pulverized, and incorporated with hog ma- 
nure or half-rotted farmyard dung. The seeds are to be pre- 
ferred when two or three years old. Three or four plants arc 
