IRONDEQUOIT MAMMOTH CUCUMBER 
Cumberland 
A new cucumber and the 
best pickling variety 
ever introduced. 
The Cumberland was produced by crossing Parisian Pick- 
ling and Peerless White Spine. It is a rapid and vigorous 
grower and very prolific in fruit and will prove a most profit- 
able variety to raise. 
The Pickles differ front all other hardy sorts in being 
thickly set with fine spines over the entire surface, except the 
extreme end ; and during the whole period of growth, from the 
time they first set until fully grown, the form is exceptionally 
straight and symmetrical, thus being as choice as a slicing 
variety as it is for pickles. The flesh is firm, but very crisp 
and tender at all stages. 
We offer it in full confidence that it will please our 
customers in every particular. 
Irondequoit Mammoth 
The largest and best quality cucumber of the white spine 
type that has ever been produced. The fruit in outdoor 
culture grows from 12 to 14 inches in length. Crisp, mild 
and delicious. A vigorous grower and very productive. 
Market gardeners can by growing the Irondequoit Mammoth, 
very readily compete with fruit grown under glass. 
DANDELION 
Sow early in the spring, in very warm, 
rich soil, in drills eighteen inches apart; 
thin the young plants to five inches in 
the row and cultivate well; they will be fit for cutting the next spring. 
When grown for the roots, sow in September and cultivate well during fall 
and the following summer ; the roots will be fit to dig in October. 
Cultivated or French Common A decided improvement 
It is very early and vigorous. 
on the wild dandelion. 
f r„J A J An early, vigorous growing variety having the midribs of its outer 
LcirgG \jrC0Il ICQ leaves usually tinged with rose. The dense mass of finely cut leaves 
formed in the center blanches very readily. Highly esteemed and much used for salads. 
E,GG 
IMPROVED LARGE PURPLE EGG PLANT 
ENDIVE, 
Endive may be grown at any 
season of the year, but is more 
generally used late in the fall. 
Sow the seed in Tune or July, in 
drills fourteen inches apart, and when well started thin the plants to one foot 
apart. When nearly full grown, tie the outer leaves together over the center 
in order to blanch the heart of the plant. By covering every few days a suc- 
cession may be kept up. 
LcclVcd BdtfiVl&Il This varietv has broad, thick, plain or slightly wrinkled leaves, 
(Escarolle) forming a large head and is desirable for stews and soups, but 
if the outer leaves are gathered and tied at the top, the whole plant will blanch and may be used for salad. 
PLANT 
PI II Tl IPP £ gg Plant seed germinate* 
slowly and should be started 
in strong heat, for in this, as in all sub-tropical 
plants, it is of importance to secure a rapid and 
continuous growth from the first, the plants never 
recovering from a check received when young. When the plants have formed 
two rough leaves, transplant to three or four inches apart. When the ground 
is warm, and all danger not only from frosts, but from cold nights is past, 
harden off the plants by gradual exposure to the sun and air, and decrease the 
supply of water, then carefully transplant into open ground, setting the plants 
two and a half feet apart. If needed, shade the young plants and protect them 
from the potato bug, which will often destroy them. Some seasons Egg Plants 
will fail to set fruit or will not begin bearing until too late to mature, no 
matter how faithfully they may have been cared for. This is especially likely 
to happen if the summer is cool and rather moist. We know of no certain 
remedy for it, though pinching of the ends of the branches after the plants 
begin to bloom, and not letting more than two or three fruits set, is a good 
practice. 
Improved Large Purple 0 
(spineless.) This variety has about superseded ail others both for 
market and private use. The large size and high quality of its fruit and its 
extreme productiveness make it the most profitable for market gardeners. 
Plants large, spreading; foliage light green; fruit very large, oval; dark purple. 
Plants usually ripen four to eight large fruits. Bear in mind that our stock is 
spineless, which is a great advantage in handline. 
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