THE NEBRASKA SEED C0„ OMAHA, NEB 
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CUCUMBER 
Gurken- Conctunbre. 
CULTURE. —Plant in hills four feet apart, in well prepared, warm, rich, loamy soil. Mix a 
shovelful of well rotted manure in each hiii. The fruit should be picked when large enough, 
whether wanted or not. 
DAVIS’ PERFECT. Unequalled either for for¬ 
cing or outdoor culture. It is ideal in shape, rich, 
dark green color, uniform and regular in size, with 
*n average length of 10 to 12 inches. It is a 
strong, rapid grower, exceedingly productive and 
the fruit retains its quality and brittleness long 
after cutting, making it a splendid shipper. 
KLONDIKE. A white spined variety that Is 
excellent for slicing. The vines are hardy and 
good yielders. The fruit is dark green in color, 
slightly striped at the ends and about 7 inches 
in length and 2 inches in thickness when ready 
for use. The green color is retained; even dur¬ 
ing hot weather. 
SNOW’S PICKLING. This is a selection mads 
originally from the “Chicago Pickle” by a veteran 
pickle grower in the west The type is shorter 
when ripe than the Chicago Pickle and is broad 
at the stem end, tapering slightly to the tip. 
The small pickles, although quite similar to the 
Chicago Pickle, have an additional value where 
blight prevails. The fruit being smaller, the 
blight does not sap the strength of the vine to 
the detriment of a crop. We offer a strain of 
most carefully selected seeds from fields inspected 
by ue and under our own direct supervision. 
GOOD AND CRISP. The skin is very dark 
green, almost black, and covered with knobs. 
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE. A splendid type 
of dark green color and tapering toward the ends. 
PEERLESS WHITE SPINE One of the finest 
strains, very early and handsome. 
IMPROVED EXTRA EARLY WRITE fiPINE. 
This is a favorite variety, producing fruit from 
six to eight inches in length and two to three 
inches in diameter, of a handsome deep green; 
flesh, crisp and of fine flavor. 
CUMBERLAND. A new and distinct variety. 
The fruits are large, symmetrical, dark green, 
covered with innumerable small, white spines, and 
are of prime quality for slicing. The vine is vigor¬ 
ous. wonderfully prolific and continues in bearing 
mucn longer than most sorts. 
FORDHOON FAMOUS. The fruits are abundant, 
perfectly smooth and very dark green, 12 to 18 
inches long. They are always straight, never turn 
yellow and are very solid. The flesh is white, firm 
and crisp, containing comparatively few seeds. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING. This variety can be 
grown on poles or trellises. 
CHICAGO PICKLING. The variety used almost 
exclusively by the Chicago pickle factories. The 
best for market, also for home use. 
EARLY RUSSIAN. The earliest of all varie¬ 
ties; makes a fine pickle; can be used for slicing in 
the early summer. 
EARLY CLUSTER. A good pickling variety. It 
grows in clusters. Fruit very uniform and choice. 
EARLY FRAME. OR SHORT GREEN. One of 
the standard pickling kind, shape uniform, short 
and somewhat thick. 
BOSTON PICKLING. One of the most prolific 
of the pickling sorts. We recommend it highly 
for the home garden. 
GREEN PROLIFIC. Enormously productive, 
crisp and tender. One of the finest for pickles. 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN. Produced by se¬ 
lections from the Long Green vines; vigorous and 
productive, forming fruit fit for the table nearly 
as early as the shorter sorts; fruit about 12 inches 
long, firm and crisp. The youne fruit makes ex¬ 
cellent pickles and when ripe is best for sweet 
pickles. We offer a carefully selected strain, uni¬ 
formly long and of good form, with the large 
warts and spines well distributed over the sur¬ 
face instead of being clustered at one end. as la 
inferior stock. 
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