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OUR CUCUMBER HOUSES DURING AUCUST 
AND SEPTEMBER. m 
GROWN S PECIALLY F OR SEED. 
CUCUMBER (Frame). 
(Cucumis salivas.) Cucurbitacea;. 
CULTURE. — Nothing is so desirable ns good Cucumbers, but attention is required 
if good fruit is to be obtained. The seeds may be sown in January or February in pots or pans. 
The temperature of the seed-bed should range from 70 to 80 degrees, ncA'er sinking below (ill 
degrees. Outdoor or Kidge Cucumber should be sown in pots during April, and transplanted 
in May to a spot previously prepared with well-rotten manure. 
Per pkt.- 
Loekie’s Perfection. — Selected Stock. A splendid variety, its chief features being the 
finest in the Telegraph family, with black spines ; the very thing wanted for years, 
as it gives this piolitic class the high and delicious flavour of the old Black Spine, 
which the Telegraph was so defleient in. Further, it is the darkest green of any, very 
free, and taking all points into consideration, it is decidedly a grand addition Gd. and 
Cannells’ Selected Improved Telegraph — After several years’ careful 
selection and rc-selection and seeding, only from the most prolific and handsome 
shaped fruit, our stock is now as near perfection as it is po.ssibie to be. Our two 
greenhouses, 100 ft. each, have been a grand eight, many joints producing four and 
five cucumbers, and carried them all through to maturity; flavour excellent, deep 
green skin, and the fruit of good length. We have saved a splendid sample of seed 
this season, and can confidently recommend it to our customers as a grand 
re-selection from the old far-famed variety, aad will give undoubted satisfaction 
^ packet, Gd. ; Is. and 
Per pkt. — 6. d. 
Roehford’s Market — Medium length, colour rich green, spines 
more conspicuous than in the old Telegraph-, a fine market 
variety Is. and 
Tender and True — Fine variety for exhibition, handsome fruit 
of a dark green colour, first-class quality 
Cuthill’s Black Spine — A very prolific kind and much 
approved 
Blue Gown — Splendid shape and superior quality 
Duke of Edinburgh (Monro’s)— A fine variety 
Sion House Improved — A well-known variety ; very prolific 
Marquis of Lome — White spine and handsome fruit 
Hamilton’s Market Favourite— A splendid market variety ; 
very prolific, producing an abundance of well-shaped fruit 
Paragon — Strongly recommended 
Kirklees Hall Defiance 
Cardiff Castle — For shape, size, and flavour it is all that can 
be desired ; a continuous bearer 
Once Grown ever (Jrown fiJ. and 
Cannells’ Favourite — a first-class variety, attains a good 
length 
Masterpiece 
Duke of Norfolk 
Duke of Albany 
Blair’s Prolific— Raised by Mr. Blair, of Trentham Gardens, 
who describes it thus: — “A handsome variety, the result of 
a cross between Lockie’s Perfection and Royal Windsor. The 
fruit are borne in great profusion, of a deep green colour, 
and heavily bloomed ; of a beautiful symmetrical shape, with 
no neck, and grows longer than Lockie's Perfection. A 
valuable variety for either Summer or Winter cultivation ” ... 
Monarch — A genuine acquisition, and certain to become a 
popular favourite. The result of a cross between Telegraph 
and Tender and True. As a cropper it is equal to, if not 
better, than Telegraph. The fruit are very handsome, with 
hardly any handle, growing from 24 to 30 inches long, and 
very even in quality and size. They have a small black 
spine, and are of a beautiful dark green colour, which is 
retained when cut — a great advantage to market growers and 
exhibitors. They contain few seeds, and the flesh is solid, 
crisp, and of very fine flavour 
Other varieties can be supplied. 
1 G 
LOCKIE 8 PERFECTIOH. 
CaCUMHSR, 
ULAIR'S I'ROUKIC. 
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caknell’s fatoubite. 
