Cucumbers 
Concombre. Gurke. Pepino. 
One ounce will plant one hundred hills; two pounds will plant one acre. They succeed best in a 
warm, moist, rich, loamy soil. Plant in hills four feet apart each way. Leave four of the strongest 
plants to each hill but do not thin out until plants are strong enough to resist the attacks of insects. The 
English forcing varieties can be grown in hot-beds where the temperature does not fall below 65 degrees 
at night. Many of this class grow from 20 to 30 inches in length. 
Bennett's or Peerless White Spine. One of the finest strains ofWhite Spine in cul- Oz. Lb. 
tivation; fruit of good size, straight and well formed; immensely productive and early fo 10 |o 75 
Early Russian. Earliest of all, fruit of fair size and good quality 10 60 
Extra Long Qreen. Handsome in shape and color; very desirable 10 60 
Oherkin. Used only for pickles. Known also as West Indian Burr 15 i 00 
BENNETT'S WHITE SPINE CUCUMBER. 
EXTRA LONG GREEN CUCUMBER 
Giant Pera. Of delicious flavor, crisp and tender at all stages of growth; fruits grow to Oz. 
an enormous size, are smooth and .straight with beautiful green skin . . fo 10 
Oreen Prolific. {Boston Pickline;-') Very early and productive, crisp and tender; the 
most popular variety for pickling 
Japanese Climbing. A new variety of vigorous growth; comes into bearing quickly and 
sets its fruit constantly throughout the season; fruit of large size, skin dark green, 
flesh pure white and never bitter ' 
Nichol's riedium Qreen. Of beautiful color; very uniform in shape and size 
Thorburn's Everbearing. Very early and enormously productive; the peculiar merit of 
this variety is that the vines continue to flower and produce fruit, whether the ripe cu- 
cumbers are picked off or not, thus becoming almost a perpetual bearer 
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Dandelion 
Pissenlit. 
Pardebliim. 
Amargon. 
One ounce will sow two hundred feet of drill. The seed should be sown in drills eighteen inches 
apart and half an inch deep. The leaves are best for salad when blanched, which can be done by par- 
tially shading the rows with boards. 
Oz. Lb. 
Improved Broad-Leaved. Twice the size of the common variety $0 30 $3 00 
All seeds can be had in 5-cent packets except where noted. 
