24 Garden Seeds 
ISBELL SEED COMPANY 
Michigan Grown Cucumbers 
A Basket 
of Isbell’s 
Perfected 
Davis 
Perfect. 
Isbell’s Perfected Davis Perfect 
Cucumbers taken fresh from your garden are much more crisp and tender and of far 
superior flavor than what you can buy at the stores, that peculiar toughness and bitterness 
is missing. You use what you want sliced and can make many kinds of delicious winter 
pickles. YY T e offer varieties desirable for various purposes. The seed we offer is grown by 
ourselves from our own thoroughbred stocks. 
Isbell’s Improved Long Green 
The Popular Standard Sort. 
Thfe-fine Cucumber of the “black spine” type grows from 12 to 16 inches in 
length and is of superior quality. Of fine dark green color, slender, tapering 
toward the stem end. Flesh very firm and crisp. The young fruit is used very 
largely for pickling and full sized Cucumbers are in high favor for slicing and 
for making the so-called sweet pickles when the fruits are ripe and yellow. 
Ready for market in 70 days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; ^4 lb., 50c; lb., $1.50, prepaid. 
—Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $6.75. 
Its Beautiful Color and Quality Attract the Buyers. Unequaled for Market 
Garden and Greenhouse. Gardeners will be pleased to find that our Perfected 
Davis Perfect has entirely overcome any fault the original strain of Davis 
Perfect had in being too necky. To overcome these defects we began making 
selections several years ago by going over our fields and staking specimens 
which were perfect at their slicing stage. This was continued for years, and 
resulted in our “Perfected” strain. Every fruit is shapely and holds its fine 
cylindrical shape clear to the stem end. By using our Perfected strain a crop 
can be produced outdoors which cannot be distinguished from greenhouse 
stock. Pkt., 10c ; oz., 20c; 14 lb., 50c; lb., $1.65, prepaid.—Not prepaid, 5 lbs., 
Isbell’s Special Forcing 8 ° 
Also Known As Longfellow and 
YY'indermoor Wonder. 
We consider this to be the ideal cuke 
where an extra long slicing sort is de¬ 
sired, either for greenhouse or field cul¬ 
ture. 12 to 16 inches long, very uniform 
in shape and size, with decidedly few 
seeds. “Special Forcing” is real dark 
green, and will hold this color until ripe. 
All growers that cater to a fancy trade 
want this variety, as it is a money 
maker, not only in the greenhouse, but 
also in the field. A very shy seeder, 
hence price will alwavs be comparatively 
high. Pkt., 10c; oz., 20c; % lb., 65c; lb., 
$2.00, prepaid. 
Isbell’s Hybrid White 
Spine Cucumber 
A Money Maker For the 
Market Grower. 
Isbell’s Hybrid YYTiite Spine is the 
result of a cross between an English 
forcing variety and our American sort. 
Evergreen White Spine, combining the 
fine appearance and shape of the Elnglish 
sort with the hardiness and yielding 
qualities of the White Spine. The 
cukes are much darker in color 
than other White Spine varieties, 
holding this color remarkably well 
and also being of longer shape. 
Isbell’s Hybrid White Spine is 
the ideal market cucumber, pro¬ 
ducing freely cukes of splendid 
color and shape. Southern grow¬ 
ers,. who put in cucumbers on an 
extensive scale for shipping to 
Northern markets, will find Isbell’s 
Hybrid White Spine to be just the 
variety they have been looking for; . 
it will prove to be a real money maker for them, as well as for growers 
50c- W lb ere $l'50 O Cater tG the better class trade - 10c; oz., 20c; V 4 lb., 
Isbell’s Improved Long Green. 
Isbell’s Everbearing 
Our Everbearing Cucumber is not 
only extremely prolific, but will con¬ 
tinue in bearing a long time. The fruits 
are of medium size and quite plump; of 
rich, dark green color. Owing to its 
great productiveness it is an excellent 
variety to plant for producing small 
pickles. Ready to use in 62 to 65 days. 
Fkt., 10c; oz., 15c; *4 lh., 35c; lb., 95c, 
prepaid. 
Improved White Spine 
This is a standard variety, largely 
planted everywhere. A most thorough¬ 
bred, uniform and shapely variety, not 
only for first early, but general crop. 
Vigorous grower and a great bearer. 
Fruits 7 inches long, light green. Ex¬ 
cellent for slicing, and makes choice 
pickles; straight and smooth; keeps 
green longer than the yellow varieties. 
Readv for market in 62 days. Pkt., 5c; 
oz., 10c; *4 lb., 30c; lb., 90c, prepaid. 
—Not prepaid, 5 lbs., $3.75. 
Extra Long or Evergreen 
White Spine 
Unexcelled in table quality. The 
flesh is unusually thick and seed space 
extremely small. Flavor is unsurpassed 
and meat is white, firm and crisp. Vines 
are of vigorous growth with large, 
heavy foliage, thus resisting attacks of 
insects, etc. The color is a rich, dark 
green, size 10 to 12 inches in length. 
Ready for market in 70 days. Pkt., 
10c; oz.; 15c; *4 lb., 40c; lb., $1.20, pre¬ 
paid. —Not prepaid. 5 lbs., $5.25. 
Dill Pickles 
Dill is easily grown and there always 
is a big demand for-it-;-.you will find this 
seed listed on page 23. 
