DUPUY & FERGUSON, 38 JACQUES CARTIER SQUARE, MONTREAL 
CUCUMBER 
1 ounce will plant about 50 hills. 
Two to three pounds to the acre. 
For very early cucumbers, sow the 1st of April in a hot bed, upon 
pieces of sod (grass side down) or in 5 inch pots, so that they 
may be readily transplanted to the open ground in rich soil 
when the danger of frost is over, or protected by bell glasses 
For general use plant when the weather has become settled ana 
warm, in hills about 4 feet apart each way: thin out four of the 
strongest plants to each hill; they succeed best in warm, moist, 
rich, loamy soil. 
Davis Perfect Improved Cucumber. 
Davis Perfect Improved.-S°e"d by °el- 
nert cucumber growers everywhere as being the best 
?SSiSber for forcing under glass or growing outdoors 
H^bit of growth ^gorous and should not be plated 
as close together as other White Spine sorts. Fruit 
llnr dark glossy, green; shape slim and symmetrical: 
IvOTage length kbout ten inches. Exceedingly crisp 
tnd tinder and seem to hold their color and freshness 
fnne after being cut. Not quite as early as some of 
Ihe^White ffphfe varieties, but will out-yield any of 
f hem and will sell when others are a drag on the 
mISet The only cucumber for market gardeners 
^ E^ow for profit, and the best for the honie garden 
FoHhe past four years, the originator, by careful 
selection has produced an excellent Improved type 
nf th s splendid variety, but having only a small 
Suantitv of seed saved from these selected types 
^e can not offer it in Quan^ty of more than four 
ounces Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 30 cts.: K 'B-. $1-00. 
Davu 'Perfeci Regular Strain.-Pkt., 10 cts.; oz.. 
25 cts.; 14 lb.. 75 cts. 
Ferguson's Extra Long White Spine. 
One of the finest cucumbers ever introduced. 
Vines being of unusual vigorous growth, produce 
anSrmous crop of perfectly smooth and very dark 
l^eeTfruits measuring twelve to sixteen mches ong. 
While manv specimens grow larger, its beautiful, 
solid fruit (with hardly any seed cavities) make it 
I perfect gem as a slicer. The flesh is. a greenish 
thite firm crisp, and of a most dehcious flavor. 
Per pkt.. 15 cts.: oz., $1.00. 
Arlington White Spine Forcing.— 
A strain of White Spine which has been improved 
through careful selection with a view to use for 
fo?cin| in hot houses and frames. Per pkt., 10 cts.. 
oz., 75 cts.; M 't>.. $2.25. 
Improved Early White Spine.— ^^^^ 
otandard variety. Flesh tender and crisp.. Fruit 
Sorm in size, sfaight and dark green with few 
white spines. Per pkt., 10 cts.: oz., 25 cts.; H 'b., 
75 cts. 
_^ . V D:„l,15^«r This is one of the best In- 
Danish rickling. troductlons of one of the 
leading growers in Denmark. It has become very 
Dopillr fn the land of its origin, and we believe wiU 
mMt with equal favor in this country. H is a ttne 
Su^lr Ind Pickler. and is bemg largely used for dill 
Ind mtStard pickles. It is a sly seeder and remains 
|?M^^along time. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 ct..; H lb., 
80 cts. 
Fordhook Famous. — A long White Spine variety, 
growing from 10 to 12 inches. Fully as long as Long 
Green and of equally good quality. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 25 cts.: H lb., 75 cts. 
Giant Pera. — Frequently grows twelve to eighteen 
inches long. Fruit very smooth, straight, dark green , 
with very few seeds, excellent flavor. Pkt., 10 cts.; 
oz., 25 cts.; lb., 75 cts. 
Long Green improved. — Fine for pickling when 
small, good for table use when about half-grown, 
pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 25 cts.; M lb.. 75 cts. 
Japanese Climbing. — Fruit about ten inches long, 
thick and fine flavor. Skin dark green, flesh pure 
white. Can be grown on trellises and fences. Pkt. 
10 cts.: oz., 25 cts.; a lb.. 75 cts. 
Boston Pickling. — Fruit short, smooth and pointed 
at each end: bright green, and a great yielder: one 
of the best for pickling. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz., 26 cts.; 
a lb., 75 cts. 
IMour T omnn Nearly round, with yellow and 
i-<icvv i-ciiiuii. green markings, and smooth 
skin like a lemon. Customers who grow it say they 
prefer it to any other variety. The flesh Is tender, 
crisp and sweet. The fruits are from 2 3^ to 3 inches 
in diameter, and they should be used just as they 
are turning yellow. For pickling, either when green 
or ripe, they are unexcelled. Pkt., 10 cts.; oz.. 
30 cts.; U lb.. $1.00. 
Serpent or Snake Cucumber. — A very interesting 
curiosity. The cucumbers grow up like a snake with 
the head protruding; sometimes several feet in length. 
Per pkt., 10 cts. 
ENGLISH CUCUMBERS 
English Frame. — Sion House, Marquis of Lome, 
Telegraph (Kollison's), Lockie's Perfection, Veitch's 
Sensation. Rochford's Favourite Per pkt., 25 cts. 
Ferguson's Improved Telegraph. — 
Telegraph has, for a great many years, been recog- 
nized as the best and most prolific Cucumber for all 
purposes, and still keeps its place amongst the many 
new varieties that have been introduced since. The 
improved stock which we are now offermg has a 
shorter neck, and keeps fresh and crisp much longer 
than the original variety. The fruits are of flne 
shape, large and uniform in size, deep green in colour, 
and of exceptionally flne quality. It is an enormous 
cropper, and suitable for exhibition or culinary pur- 
Telegraph Cucumber poses. Pkt., 25 cts. 
Cucumber Plants.— (See page 25). 
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