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MARKET GARDENERS’ SEED STORE 
Longfellow 
CUCUMBER (Cont.) 
SLICING VARIETIES FOR OUTDOOR CULTURE 
Longfellow. An excellent, long, slender, dark green variety 
equally desirable for greenhouse forcing or out-door culture, 
and an ideal type for the private garden or as a “straight 
pack” variety for shipment to market. It measures 12 to 
14 in. long by 2 l / 2 in. in diameter. A good healthy grower, 
very productive, and is fairly early. 60 days. 
Lindholm’s Ideal Market. A very attractive, long, white spined 
variety of excellent dark green color. Suitable for forcing 
or outdoor culture. 12x3 in. W. S. 62 days. 
Clark’s Special Cucumber. This special strain developed over a 
period of years for critical market garden trade has out¬ 
standing merits as a main crop cucumber. First, it is a 
good shipper and will hold its color and firmness when 
handled over long distances. Second, it has a very attractive 
deep green color, being the darkest green cucumber that 
we know on the market today. 65 days. 
Deltus. One of our recent introductions, a very dark green and 
fine for market gardeners, about 11 in. long, narrow, uni¬ 
form and straight. 65 days. 
Early Fortune. 60 days. The finest type of White Spine yet 
produced. Early, very productive and disease-resistant; 
fruits nine inches long, slightly tapering; flesh white, very 
firm and crisp, with very few seeds; color rich, dark green 
Extra Long or Evergreen White Spine. A very fine strain of the 
White Spine type; is longer than the ordinary White Spine 
and holds its rich dark green color well down to the blos¬ 
som end; immense cropper. 
Davis’ Perfect. 70 days. An extra long, dark green type of White 
Spine; retains its color and good qualities long after being 
picked; fruit is exceptionally long, smooth, and tapering 
at both ends; flesh crisp, solid, with few seeds; mid-season. 
11x3 in. 
CRESS 
Upland Cress. Has the flavor of Water Cress, and will grow in 
any good soil. 
True Water Cress. Requires a stream of running water, ditch 
or pond, in which it will grow without care, or a shady 
situation which should be liberally watered. 
Oz. Lb. 1 Lb. 
$0.15 $0.40 $1.50 
.15 .35 1.25 
.15 .35 1.25 
.15 .35 1.25 
.10 .25 .85 
.10 .25 .85 
.10 .25 .85 
Oz. % Lb. 1 Lb. 
$0.10 $0.20 $0.75 
.30 .90 3.00 
