CUCUMBER-co„/,v,.e./ 
TRUE PARIS PICKLING— A splendid French variety. Fruits are long, thin 
crisp and very spiny. Vine is vigorous and very productive. }i lb. 7Sc.- 
oz. 25c.; pkt. 10c. ' 
JAPANESE CLIMBING— A distinct and valuable type, may be grown on a trellis 
taking up less room m the garden, and keeping the fruits up from the ground 
and clean. It produces large fine fruits, adapted for either slicing, salads or 
pickling, and thrives during dry, warm summers. Lb. $2.25; }? lb. 75c - 
oz. 25c.; pkt. 10c. * *' 
"LEMON" CUCUMBER— A new and desirable variety, having a strong resem- 
blance to a lemon in its size, shape and color. It has a thin skin. The crisp- 
ness, tenderness and sweetness are all that could be desired, and it seems to 
1- lu o„ '"^-^l^"' "'^ common Cucumber. Pick just as it turns yeUow 
>4 lb. 90c.; oz. 30c.: pkt. 10c. 
WEST INDIAN GHERKIN, or "BURR" CUCUMBER-Small 
oval green fruits, about 2 inches long, covered with soft 
?i ^'^^ prickles; exclusively used for pickles. 
Lb. $2.25; H lb. 75c.j oz. 25c.; pkt. 10c. 
OTHER STANDARD VARIETIES 
Per '4 lb. 7Sc.; oz. 25c.; pkt. 10c. 
early cluster, early RUSSIAN, 
PICfSIjNG (BOSTON PICKLING), CHICAGO 
FRAME OR GREENHOUSE 
CUCUMBERS 
These produce remarkably long and very solid fruits, with few 
and small seeds. Not adapted for open ground culture. Our 
seed is from the best F,nglish strains. Packets sold contain 
twelve seeds. 
CARTER'S MODEI 25c. per pkt. 
LOCKIE'S PERFECTION— 25c. per pkt. 
ROLLISON'S IMPROVED TELEGRAPH— 2Sc. per pkt. 
CUCUMBER 
EWING'S 
IMPROVED 
WHITE 
SPINE 
SWISS CHARD or 
"SPINACH BEET" 
1 oz. will sow about 75 feet. 
^ The principal use of Swiss Chard is to cook the leaves in 
the same manner as Spinach, and the stalks are palatable if 
prepared and cooked like Asparagus. Both leaves and leaf 
stems may be cut all season if care is used not to injiu-e the 
crowns. 
LUCULLUS— The plants grow to a heiRht of two to two and one-half feet. The 
stalks are thick and one and one-half inches broad, heavily ribbed, and from 
ten to twelve inches long below the leaf. These stalks are delicious when 
cooked and served in the same manner as Asparagus. The extra larRc leaves 
of thick texture are heavily crumpled or "savoyed" and of fine flavor. M lb. 
$1.25; oz. 40c.; pkt. 10c. 
LARGE RIBBED — Dark green. The well-known and highly esteemed variety. 
M lb. $1.25; oz. 40c.; pkt. 10c. 
CHICORY 
LARGE-ROOTED— Sow Chicory seed as early in the spring as the ground can 
be worked, in drills half an inch deep and fifteen inches apart, and in mellow 
soil. The after-culture is the same as for Carrots. In the autumn the plants 
will be ready for blanching, when it is used as a salad. The dried roots are 
used as a substitute for and adulterant of coffee. One ounce is sufficient for 
100 feet of drill. K lb. $2.25; oz. 7Sc.; pkt. 10c. 
WITLOOF CHICORY or FRENCH ENDIVE— During the winter this vegetable 
is sold by dealers in fancy fruits and vegetable^ as I'rench Endive. Seed should 
be sown in June, in drills ten inches apart; allow plants to grow until November, 
when they should be taken up, trimmed to one and a half inches from the neck, 
leaving about eight inches, then plant upright, one and a half inches apart, 
in a trench sixteen inches deep. Fill trench with good soil, and for quick 
growth cover with manure. In about four weeks it will be ready for use, and 
may be eaten either raw or cooked. Oz. 50c.; ■pkt. 10c. 
SWISS CHARD 
"LUCULLUS" 
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