HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
CUCUMBERS— SORTS FOR PICKLING PURPOSES 
T O BE a good sort for growing pickles, a variety 
must be both early and prolific. While in the cool 
northern sections cucumbers thrive during a long season, 
in most parts they are planted as a second crop to follow 
early potatoes, or any early garden crop. 
But earliness and prolific character seldom go together 
with size of individual fruit. Fruits of sorts mentioned 
below are generally of short, blocky shape, with seed cells 
way out of proportion to size of fruit. Their flavor does 
not differ materially from other cucumbers. 
The earliest of all is Early Russian, which develops 
very small pickles only, but is particularly adapted to 
sections having cool, short seasons. Boston Pickling 
or Early Green Prolific as shown above, is a great favorite 
throughout New England. Westerfield or Chicago Pick- 
ling bears larger pickles and is very popular in the West. 
Fordhook Pickling is recommended as both a pickling 
and slicing variety. 
233 
