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Collard. 
Is used in place of Cabbage, and grows where it is 
difficult to make Cabbage heud. Cultivate same as 
Cabbage. 
Chicory. 
This is grown 
to mix with or 
as a substitute 
for coffee. It 
requires the 
same cultiva- 
tion as Carrots. 
Cress or Pepper Grass. 
Well known as a pungent salad. It should be sown 
thickly and at frequent intervals for succession; it quick- 
ly runs to seeds. Cover very slightly in planting. 
Double and Triple Curled. Is very fine andean 
be cut two or three ti. ues. 
Water Cress. Is a perennial and will grow in and 
along.sideof streams and ponds. It lias a very pleasant- 
pungent taste. 
CUCUMBER. 
Cuonmbers Bucceed best in w'arm, moist, rich loamy ground. They should not he planted in the open air un- 
til there is a prospect of settled warm weather. Plant in the hills about four feet apart each way. The hills should 
be previously prepared by mixing thoroughly with the soil of each a shovelful of well rotted manure. When all 
danger from insects is past, thin out the plants, leaving three or four of the strongest to each hill. The fruit should 
be plucked when large enough, as if left to ripen on the vines, it destroys their productiveness. 
Early Russian. Early Frame. 
Early Russian. Fruit three to four inches long, an 
inchan a half in diameter; generally produced in pairs; 
flesh tender, crisp aud well flavored; comes into use about 
ten days earlier than any other variety, and makes aline, 
small pickle. 
Early Frame. Excellent variety for table use; ten- 
der and well flavored, and keeps green longer than any 
other variety; also makes splendid hard, green pickles, 
comes into use after the Early Cluster. 
Extra Long White Spine, a variety used largely 
for forcing, by market gardeners. They grow ten to 
twelve inches long and very straight. They make fine, 
hard brittle pickles when four to five inches long; dark 
green and handsome. 
Early White 
Spine. An excellent 
variety for table use; 
very early, grows uni- 
formly straight and 
smooth; light green 
with white prickels; 
tender; of excellent 
flavor. 
Long Green Turkey. The leading long green 
variety for pickling, of excellent quality aud productive- 
Mss, fruit dark green, firm and crisp. 
Improved Long Green. 
Improved Long Green. Undoubtedly the best 
variety in cultivation for table or pickling. About one 
foot in length, firm and crisp; this variety produces seeds 
sparingly. 
Niohol’s Medium 
Green. For early forc- 
ing, late sewing for 
pickling, or for ordina- 
ry table use this variety 
will be found useful, 
it is of a dark green col- 
or, pleasant flavor, and 
very productive. 
Early Cluster. Vines vigorous, producing the crop 
near the root and in clusters. Fruit short, dark green. 
Good for table use, hut not adapted to pickling. 
Boston Pickling, or Green Prolific. One of the 
best pickling varieties, dark green, tender, crisp, very 
productive, ot flue flavor, uniform size, and good tor table 
use. 
Gherkin, for Pickling. A very small oval shaped, 
prickly variety. It is grown exclusively for pickling; is 
the smallest of all the varieties, and should always be 
pickled when young and tender. The seed is slow to 
germinate. 
Giant Pera. ) 
Serpent. > See Specialties. 
Siberian. ) 
