W. F. Allen’s Plant and Seed Catalogue, Salisbury, Md. 
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originator of Shamrock has this to say : "I was in the pickling 
business for fourteen years and grew my own seed for six 
years ; the stock seed that produced this new cucumber was 
Jersey Pickling and was grown by the side of osage melons; 
in the production of my stock seed the next summer I grew 
two acres, growing some for another Pickling Co.; in this two 
acres of seed I found three cucumbers that were green while 
the rest were yellow; I cut these three cucumbers and found 
them dead ripe and saved the seed and planted it the next year 
by itself and found it O. K. ” I grew a small plat of Shamrock 
last summer and found it very satisfactory, it was very pro¬ 
ducts, and like our Early Fortune, Peninsula Prize and Al¬ 
len’s Pride of the Market, would remain green a long time 
after being picked. I am convinced that it is a valuable new 
kind and ’.all continue to grow it for market. Pkt. 5c; oz, 15c; 
a uarter poi md 30c j pound $1.00. 
ARLINGTON WHITE 
SPINE.- Our extra selected 
strain of this favorite type of 
Early Whi te Spine is unsur¬ 
passed, either for forcing or the 
open ground. The cucumbers 
are very regular in outline, uni¬ 
form in size, averaging eight or 
ten inches in length, straight 
and of a rich green color. They 
present the finest appearance 
in market, and of course, like 
all of the true White Spine type, 
never turn yellow; the light 
stripes, or “white spines,” run¬ 
ning from blossom end, only 
add to the attractive appear¬ 
ance of the older fruits. Flesh 
white, crisp and solid, with 
comparativelv few seeds; flavor 
excellent. Vines of vigorous 
growth and very productive, 
yielding large crops early and 
continuously. Never before did 
a cucumber leap into promi¬ 
nence as quickly as the Arling¬ 
ton White Spine. Originated a 
few years ago at the famous 
garden spot of Arlington,Mass., 
just back of Boston, where there 
are many acres under glass. It 
rapidly became known as the 
finest strain of cucumber in cul¬ 
tivation. Beautiful in shape, color, and of the finest quality. 
In the United States the Arlington is used more than any other 
variety. The field from which my seed was saved was the 
admiration and wonder of all who saw it. Packet 5 cents; 
ounce 10 cents; quarter pound 25 cents; pound 80 cents. 
EARLY FORTUNE.—This is a very early, wonderfully 
productive and exceedingly pretty cucumber. I have 
shipped a great many of this variety to New York, and 
though outdoor grown, many of them sold as high as $7 
to $8 per barrel, and my commission merchant wrote me 
that he could not tell them from hot-house grown. The 
past season of 1906 I shipped several hundred barrels of 
this variety, and all sold at profitable prices. Tatem & Co.’ 
produce commission merchants, of Baltimore, state that 
through their recommendation, several Southern ship¬ 
pers 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 attractive in appearance, but is deep green in 
color, very regular in shape, therefore much sought after 
in market, and always brings top prices. This is an im¬ 
proved strain of White Spine and a valuable acquisition 
to the list of cucumbers. 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 
varieties of cucumbers for many years, but have not 
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE. 
found any so good as Early Fortune. T grew them this 
year ten inches long, and they are nearly all one shape. 
No variety in the world equals them.” Mr. J. F. Githens, 
who runs a very large truck farm in Florida in the win¬ 
ter and one in New Jersey in summer, procured seed of 
this valuable cucumber from me last year, and this is 
what he has to say about it: “I found the description 
you gave the Early Fortune true. I received off one acre 
of this variety in Florida, last winter, $1,015.42. which 
amount I received for five hundred crates.” No one will 
make a mistake in planting this variety, either for home 
use, market or for pickling. Pkt. 5c; ounce 10c; quarter 
pound 30c; pound 90c. 
BUNCH OF LEEKS. 
LEEKS . 
One ounce will sow a drill one hundred feet long. It succeeds best 
in a light, well-enriched soil. Sow as early in spring as practicable in 
drills one inch deep and one foot apart. When six or eight inches high 
they may be transplanted in rows twelve inches apart and six inches 
in the rows, as deep as possible, that the neck being covered maybe 
blanched. If fine leeks are desired, the ground can scarcely be too rich. 
AHERICAN FLAG.—A favorite variety of the market gardeners; 
of strong and vigorous growth. 
EXTRA LARGE CARET AN.—Very hardy; much larger than any 
other variety and of fine quality. Prices, either of these varieties: 
pkt. 5c; ounce 10c; quarter pound £0c; pound $1.00. 
KALE, 
DWARF CURLED 
SCOTCH.—The leaves 
are a bright green col¬ 
or, beautifully curled 
and produced in great 
abundance; the habit 
of growth is dwarf and 
spreading, rarely ex¬ 
ceeding 18 inches in 
height. It is the prin¬ 
cipal sort grown in the 
South for Northern 
market. It is hardy 
and will remain over 
winter in any place 
where the tempera¬ 
ture does not go below 
zero. One of the best 
kales for spring sow¬ 
ing in the North. Pkt. 
5c; oz. 10c; quarter, lb 
25c; pound 75c. 
OR BORECOLE. 
PWAKF Cl KI.i l> SCOTCH llOUCCOI.K, or KALE. 
DWARF SIBERIAN.—Of strong dwarf growth, with cnrled at the edges; extremely hardy. Packet 6c: ounce 
large, broad, grayish green leaves, which are only slightly ltc; quarter pound 25c; pound 75c. 
