ST. LOUIS SEED COMPANY—"Pure and Sure" Seeds 
15 
Cucumber 
One ounce will plant 50 hills; 2 pounds will plant an acre in hills; 5 pounds in drills. 
St. L. S. Co.’s 
Improved Green Hybrid. 
Culture: The first planting should be made in 
May in hotbeds: inverted sods form an excellent 
medium for both planting on and carrying the 
younger plants to their permanent location, small 
paper pots can also be used. Such plantings are 
usually ready for transplanting to the open ground 
in from three to four weeks. 
The striped cucumber beetle is often very de¬ 
structive to young plants. These beetles, when not 
very numerous, are usually kept from doing seri¬ 
ous damage by dusting the plants with Slug Shot. 
Davis Perfect. A very fine Cucumber for market 
as well as the home garden. Pine length, beau¬ 
tiful dark green color. Fruits 8 to 10 inches 
long, tapering at both ends, solid flesh, few 
seeds. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; y 4 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c; 
5 lbs., $4.00. 
Early White Spine. This truly 
is the peerless Cucumber and 
for slicing it has no equal. 
Our select strain of this va¬ 
riety is unsurpassed for the 
table or market. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
10c; y 4 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 85c. 
Extra Long or Evergreen 
White Spine. The fruits of 
this very desirable table sort 
are long, cylindrical, very 
dark green, with very white, 
crisp and tender flesh. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; % lb., 30c; 1 lb., 
85c; 5 lbs., $3.75. 
Gherkin or Burr. An early 
maturing, very small, dark 
green Cucumber; cylindrical, 
square ended, and very popu¬ 
lar with many growers who 
want an ideal bottle pickle. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 15c; y 4 lb., 40c; 
1 lb., $1.25. 
Japanese Climbing. Here is a variety that won’t 
take up so much space in your garden as it 
easily trails up poles or trellises. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
15c; y 4 lb., 40c. 
London Long Green. The fruits are very long, 
often 12 to 15 inches when mature, pure yellow 
when ripe. It is a standard sort for slicing and is 
very largely used for pickles. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
% lb., 35c; 1 lb., $1.00; 5 lbs., $4.50. 
Longfellow. This is a dark green Cucumber of the 
White Spine class. The fruits are 8 to 10 inches 
long, cylindrical in shape, and a fine glossy 
green in color. They retain their fine color for a 
remarkably long time. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; y 4 lb., 
35c; lb., $1.00. 
L. S. Co.’s Improved Green Hybrid. We 
consider this the finest all 
around Cucumber in exist¬ 
ence. It has a long and 
straight, attractive shape, 
with a very rich green color, 
a fine lot of showy white 
spines. The color stays green 
for a week, making it a fine 
shipper. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
y 4 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c; 5 lbs., 
$4.00. 
Snow’s Pickling. This is 
grown almost exclusively for 
pickling and is ideal for that 
purpose. It produces fruits of 
pickling size in 47 to 50 days 
and is the earliest of the va¬ 
rieties in common use. Pkt., 
5c; oz., 10c; y 4 lb., 30c; 1 lb., 
85c; 5 lbs., $3.75. 
As early in spring as the ground can be worked, 
sow the seed in rich, well prepared soil, in shallow 
drills about 16 inches apart, covering with about 
one-half inch of fine soil firmly pressed down. 
When the young plants are well started, thin 4 to 
6 inches apart in the row. For succession plant 
every two weeks, thinning out as required for use. 
Curled or Pepper Grass. The leaves of this 
small salad are much frilled or curled, and are 
used for garnishing. The plant is of rapid 
growth, about one foot high. Pkt., 5c; oz., 10c; 
1/| lb., 30c; 1 lb., 90c. 
Water Cress. Seeds may be started readily in 
pans or boxes of very moist earth, and when the 
young plants are well started, they can be trans¬ 
planted to the running stream. Pkt., 10c; oz.. 
30c; % lb.. 90c: 1 lb., $3.00. 
Snow’s Pickling. 
