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FAMOUS ROCK RIVER VALLEY SEED FARMS 
CUCUMBER 
Seed of Unrivaled Quality 
Cucumbers are grown in enormous quantities for marlieting in tlie green state and for pickling. 
Culture. — Cucumbers iiourisll best in a rich, warm, moist loam. Sow when danger of frost is over, in hills 4 or 5 feet 
each way, or in rows. The seeds should be used in abundance, as the young plant has many enemies. Sow Vi inch below the 
surface, and thin out finally to three or four plants to the hill. Use 1 ounce of seed to 75 hills; 2 or 3 pounds to the acre.. The 
cucumbers should be gathered (by cutting, not tearing) evgry day, or every other day. I,eave none to ripen if you want a 
full crop. 
YOU RUN NO RISK! 
WE GUARANTEE SAFE 
DELIVERY OF EVERY 
ORDER. 
DAVIS' PERFECT SELECT 
JAPANESE 
CLIMBING 
CUCUMBERS 
Vines extra strong, being a 
climbing sort; can be gron^n 
on trellises or other supports, 
valuable in small gardens. 
Very prolific, from 40 to 50 
fruits having been counted 
on single plants. The cucum- 
bers are long and of fine fla- 
vor. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 
10 cents; !4 pound, 30 cents; 
U pound, 55 cents; pound, 
$1.00. 
DAVIS' PERFECT CUCUMBERS 
Mr. Davis has for years been forcing cucumbers under glass for the Chicago and Detroit markets, and it has 
been his ambition to produce a cucumber that would be as handsome in appearance and sell as well as grown in 
the ordinary way in the open ground. He has at last succeeded in perfecting a cucumber that beats anything we 
have ever seen; Davis' Perfe<'t is bound to become the most popular cucumber both for forcing under glass and 
growing outside, for the following reasons: 
1. It lias an ideal shape, and the handsomest color of all cucumbers. 
2. It is a type of the most perfect size. 
3. Eating qualities surpass anything ever tried. 
4. It is almost seedless one-third of its length from the stem end, and the seeds, when it is in a slicing condition, 
are so small and tender that they are unnoticed. 
5. It is enormously productive, in fact, beats anything we have ever tried. 
6. It does not change its dark, rich color when grown outdoors; in fact, it resembles a Iiot-house cucumber 
so closely that dealers can not tell the difference, and are willing to pay as much for it as the hot-house production. 
Mr. Davis has tried every strain of new cucumber that has been introduced in the last few years; while a number 
of them have been very good, he is frank in saying that liis cucumber beats anything he has ever 
tried, and other growers are of the same opinion. 
7. it is as early as the earliest, being fully as early as White Spine. 
Packet 4 cents; ounce, 7 cents; >4 pound, 25 cents; pound, 40 cents; pound, 75 cent*. 
CHICAGO PICKLE, OR 
WESTERFIELD 
Fruit of medium length, pointed at each end, 
with very large and prominent spines; color 
deep green. It is a very prolific variety and is 
one of the best for those who want crisp, 
coarsely-spined pickles. Packet, 3 cents; ounce, 
7 cents; pound, 25 cents; J4 pound, 40 cents; 
pound, 75 cents. 
WEST INDIAN GHERKIN 
Produces small fruit only. Used exclusively 
for pickling. The vines make strong, healthy 
growth, but are rather slender and have only 
small foliage. The fruits are of thick, round 
form, covered closely with spines and contain 
many seeds. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 15 cents; 
Vt pound, 45 cents; ^ pound, 80 cents; pound, 
$1.50. 
THORBURN'S EVERBEARING 
This is a unique and highly meritorious pick- 
ling variety; meritorious because of its quality, 
and unique in its ability to go right on bearing, 
whether the ripened cucumbers are picked or 
not. It is enormously productive and a general 
favorite. Fruits of every age and also blossoms 
may be found on a single vine and bearing con- 
tinues until the coming of frost. A favorite for 
pickles. A.1S0 an excellent home garden variety. 
Packet, 4 cents; ounce, 8 cents; pound, 23 
cents; ^ pound, 42 cents; pound, 75 cents. 
NEW EARLY CLUSTER 
Fruits of the slim form are desirable for pick 
ling. It is extra prolific, frequently setting i 
clusters of two or three. These are desirable fc 
small pickles. If tlie fruits are kept gatlieret 
the vines will continue bearing. Packet, 3 cents 
ounce, 6 cents; Vt pound, 18 cents; '/a pounc 
28 cents; pound, 50 cents. 
EXTRA LONG WHITE SPINE 
THE EXTRA LONG WHITE SPINE, c 
"Evergreen," as it is sometimes called, is th 
standard and most popular of the Long Whit 
Spine varieties. In season it is early, vigoroui 
and prolific, more blight-proof than the ordinar 
long sorts. The shape Is straight; smooth, darl 
shiny green in color; 8 to 12 inches in lengtl 
and, compared with "Davl.s' Perfect." is large 
in diameter. The fiesli is crisp, tender and c 
superb flavor. For general market and horn 
use it is without a superior in this variety. Th 
seed we offer is the result of a number of year 
of exhaustive trials and a scientific selection 
from the pick of different strains of man 
growers. Select stock. Facket, 4 cents; ounci 
7 cents; V4 pound, 25 cents; H pound, 40 cents; 
pound, 76 cents. 
WHITE SPINE 
