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W. F. ALLEN’S PLANT AND SEED CATALOGUE. 
ALLEN’S PRIDE OF 
THE MARKET.—See ill¬ 
ustration. The above 
photograph was taken 
true to nature from ma¬ 
ture cucumbers. The 
basket was a full size five- 
eights peach basket. 
While in a tender crisp 
condition, before the 
seeds have fully matured 
and while in the best con¬ 
dition for market, I have 
picked loads that would 
average from twelve to 
fourteen inches 4 long. The 
color is ve r y dark green, 
which color it letains 
for a long time after be¬ 
ing picked ; the vines are 
strong and vigorous with 
large, healthy foliage. As 
a market variety, where 
a strictly fancy article is 
appreciated, or for home 
use,.it cannot fail to be¬ 
come a great favorite. 
So sure am I that this 
variety will give satis¬ 
faction that all who buy 
it and are not satisfied, I 
will give them the 
amount they paid for 
seed of this va iety in 
any other seed listed in my 
catalogue; if they are not 
satisfied after growing it 
one season. Furthermore, I 
will give Five Dollars ($5.00) 
to the party who sends me 
the best description of this variety after growing it this season 
of seed bought of me, and basing the description entirely upon 
his own experience with the variety, a Pkt. 10c.[; t oz. 25c. ; 
quarter-pound 75c.; nound, $2.00. 
FORDHOOK FAHOUS.—This is a beautiful, long, green cu¬ 
cumber of the White Spine type; vines produce an enormous 
crop, being unusually vigorous growth, with large thick 
leaves; the cucumbers are perfectly smooth and very dark 
green ; the handsome fruit are longer than the old White 
Spine type and are nearly always straight; it seems to be 
nearly all flesh and few seeds. Mr. John Mueller, of St. Louis 
Co., Mo., writes : The cucumber seed were very good. They 
bear full and would measure about fourteen inches in length.” 
The variety was Fordhook Famous. I can confidentially rec - 
ommend this variety to all lovers of cucumbers, for whatso¬ 
ever purpose grown. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 20c.; auarter-pound 60c. ; 
p ound $ 1.75- 
EARLY FORTUNE.—This is a very early, 
wonderfully productive and exceedingly 
productive and exceedingly pretty cucum¬ 
ber. I have shipped a great many of this 
variety to New York and though outdoor 
growu, many of them sold as high as seven 
to eight dollars per barrel, and my com¬ 
mission merchant wrote me that he could 
not tell them from hot-house grown. The 
past season of 1005,1 shipped several hun¬ 
dred barrels of this variety, and all sold at 
profitable prices. Tatem & Co., produce 
commission merchant, of Baltimore, state, that through 
theip racommendation, several southern shippers have 
been planting Early Fortune cucumber seed for the past 
several years, and crops from these seeds are the finest 
they ever handled' The Early Fortune is not only at 
tractive in appearance, but is deep green in color, very 
regular in shape: therefore, much sought after in mar¬ 
ket and always brings top prices. This is an improved 
strain of White Spine and a valuable acquisition to the 
list of cucumders. It will actually keep green for a 
month after being pulled. Now don’t say this is not 
true until you have tried it. for I have seen it done time 
and again. One grower says: I have been growing other 
ALLEN’S PRIDE OF THE MARKET. 
varieties ol cucumbers for many years, but have not 
found any any so good as Early fortune. I grew them 
this year ten inches long and they are nearly all one 
shape. No variety in the world equal tflem.” Mr. J. F. 
Githens, who runs a very large truck farm in Florida in 
the winter,and one in New Jersey in summer, precured 
seed of this valuable cucumber from me last > ear and 
this is what he has to sav about it: “I found the de¬ 
scription you gave the Early Fortune true. I received 
off one acre of that variety in Florida last winter $1015.42, 
which amount I receiven for five hundred crates.” No 
one will make a mistake in planting this variety, either 
for home use, market, or for pickling. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10c.; 
quarter-pound 30c.; pound $1.00. 
PENINSULA PRIZE.—This new cucumber is equal 
to any variety ever grown for market purpose. Like 
the Early Fortune, it remains very dark green in color 
EARLY FORTUNE. 
after being picked indefinitely. Two years ago, while in 
a rush to get my cucumbers to the train, several baskets 
were left on the side of the patch; these remain there 
for over two weeks before they were emptied, and they 
were actually in better condition than many that I have 
seen on the market; after lying in the field all this time, 
thev were absolutely perfectly green. It is a strong 
healthy vine, is very productive, and fine eating quality. 
I claim, without fear of being contradicted, that this is 
equal to any cucumber on the market and superior to 
most of them. Mr. Geo. W. Baughman, of Ohio, who 
bought this cucumber seed of me last spring, says that 
we furnished our neighbors with all the cucumbe rt , 
PENINSULA PRIZE. 
