JEROME B. RICE SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
CUCUMBERS — Continued 
Rice’s New Longfellow 
Fordhook Famous. Largest of the White Spine fam¬ 
ily; fruit 14 inches long, tapering at both ends, crisp 
and solid; fine for slicing. 
Japanese Climbing. A distinct climbing sort for cover¬ 
ing fences or trellises and producing excellent, long, 
crisp, desirable fruit. 
Jersey Pickling. A very productive variety with long, 
tapering cucumbers and pickles. 
Klondike. A medium early, very dark green type of 
White Spine, with uniform, rather thick fruit 7 inches 
long; fairly productive. 
Long Green, Improved. A standard late, well known 
table variety with long, slender, more or less warted, 
dark green fruit 14 inches in length. We have a 
superior strain of this variety. 
National Pickling. The highest type of pickling cucum¬ 
ber. Used very largely by the pickling industry. 
Nichols’ Medium Green. A black spined variety, quite 
similar in type and size to Early Frame. 
Snow’s Perfected Pickle. A symmetrical, well-formed 
and productive pickle; early, small, square ended and 
dark green; desirable as a bottle pickle. 
Stays Green. A very productive, early, dark green, 
white spine type; very popular in the South. 
West India Gherkin. Grown exclusively for pickles; 
fruit very small, oval and covered with spines. 
White Spine, Extra Long (Evergreen). An extra long 
type of White Spine; fruit cylindrical, deep green. 
White Spine, Henderson’s Perfected. A very fine 
type of dark green White Spine and popular in the 
South as a shipping variety. Fruits very symmetrical, 
thick and nearly square ended, about 8 inches long. 
White Spine, Improved Early (Arlington). The old 
standard, popular cucumber and a favorite in every 
garden; fruits about 7 inches long and good for either 
pickling or slicing. 
White Wonder. A distinctive variety with fair size, 
short and rather blocky; ivory-white fruit. 
/^T? T T7 T? T A C' (Turnip-Rooted 
GELlhlvlALl Celery) 
Culture .■—A variety of celery with turnip-shaped 
roots, which are white-fleshed, comparatively tender, 
and have the flavor of celery stalks. The seed may be 
sown in the open ground in April, and the young plants 
nursed in the same way as celery; but in planting out 
the ground is manured and dug, not trenched, and the 
plants are set in shallow drills 12 inches apart, watering 
freely. As the growth advances, draw earth to the plants 
to blanch them and make them delicate and tender. 
Large Smooth Prague. One of the largest; roots smooth 
and almost spherical. 
CRESS, OR PEPPER GRASS 
Culture .— The Curled Cress should be sown in the 
early spring, very thickly in shallow drills, and repeated 
at frequent intervals for succession, as it soon runs to 
seed. The Water Cress may be sown in May, on the 
ground where it is intended to be grown, and the plants 
transplanted to stand a foot apart. 
Extra Curled (Peppergrass). A small curled plant 
having a fine pungent flavor and used as a salad. 
True Water Cress. For growing along the banks of 
ponds and streams; wholly unlike Extra Curled; 
leaves are quite large and thick. 
Upland. Quite similar to Water Cress in general 
appearance but adapted to upland growing. 
ENDIVE 
Culture :— Endive is one of the best salads for fall and 
winter use. Sow for an early supply about the middle 
of April. As it is used mostly in the fall months, the 
main sowings are made in June and July. Plant 1 foot 
apart each way. When the plant has attained its full 
size, gather up the leaves and tie them by the tips in a 
conical form. This excludes the light and air from 
the inner leaves, which, in the course of from three to 
six weeks, become blanched. 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill 
Broad Leaved Bavarian (Escarolle). One of the best 
varieties for salads; leaves broad, more or less twisted 
and waved, bright deep green, with a nearly white 
midrib. Inner leaves form a fair head which blanches 
a creamy white. 
Full Heart Batavian. An improved strain of Escarolle, 
being more full at the heart. 
Green Curled Winter. The most hardy and vigorous 
sort; leaves bright, deep green with the outer midribs 
usually showing a trace of rose; readily blanches a 
creamy white. 
Moss Curled. Grows more compact than Green Curled 
and the medium green leaves are finer cut; leaf stems 
often tinged purple; blanches creamy white. 
White Curled. The divided leaves are a very light 
yellowish-green color which blanches almost white. 
CORN SALAD, OR FETTICUS 
Culture :— This excellent hardy salad may be had the year round. Sow in September in drills 8 inches apart, 
covering seeds lightly, and protect from frost by a light covering of hay or litter. Seed may also be sown in spring. 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill 
Large Green Cabbaging. A quite distinct sort with short, rounded, smooth, almost erect, very green leaves, form¬ 
ing a compact rosette. 
Large Seeded Dutch. A vigorous variety; leaves large, round, grayish-green and veined. 
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