HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
CUCUMBERS— BEST KINDS FOR THE HOME 
GARDEN 
T HREE distinct types deserve consideration, namely, 
the Long Green, the White Spine, and the Extra Early 
Pickling varieties. Which to grow depends entirely on 
the purpose for which they are intended. For slicing, 
the White Spine varieties are the most popular. 
Extra Early White Spine (see above) bears short but 
symmetrical fruits within fifty days from sowing seeds. 
They are good while small, but quickly lose shape and 
become three-lobed, with large seed cells. A much better 
Sort is Davis Perfect, which reaches good size about a week 
later, but must be considered the best type to date for 
the home garden. (See illustration on preceding page.) 
Extra Long or Evergreen White Spine is a still later sort. 
Cool and Crisp and Klondike are two other good strains. 
Improved Long Green or London Long Green is a medium 
early, spineless sort, valued particularly in the West. 
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