We Sell Direct to Planters About One-Tenth of the 
Cucumber Seed Planted in the U. S.—Quality Did It 
CUCUMBER SEED 
Plant 2 to 3 lbs. per acre. 
A line field of the new Longfellow Cucumbers growing on one of our 
seed farms. The young man in the picture is Robert Burrell. 
Growing Cucumber seed has had our careful study for over 30 
years, during which time we have grown many thousand acres of 
cucumbers for seed. 
We come to you for your orders for this seed knowing what we 
have to offer is of the best produced. Should you use Cucumber 
seed in large quantities, be sure and write for our special wholesale 
prices. 
We started the growing of cucumber seed here, and the results 
from our seed have been such that a very large portion of the cucum¬ 
ber seed of the United States is now grown here. 
Culture. —Cucumbers thrive best in a very rich, loamy soil, not 
containing too much sand. A rather heavy soil is preferable to sandy 
soil. The most successful growers fertilize heavily with barnyard 
manure, scattered evenly over the surface 2 to 3 inches deep, disced 
thoroughly, then plowed under to depth of 6 to 8 inches, then 
thoroughly harrowed and floated. This gives an excellent seed bed. 
You can now plant with your garden drill rows 4 feet apart, 
drilling in about 3 pounds of seed per acre, covering the seed about 
1 inch in depth. You can follow the drill mark and cultivate before 
the plants come up. Cultivate often. When the plants have four to 
six leaves thin to one plant every 18 inches. Keep the cultivator 
going as long as you can get through the rows. If under irrigation, 
water once a week lightly and always cultivate between irrigations 
until the crop is laid by. Keep the cucumbers picked off as fast as 
they reach the size desired, as if any are allowed to ripen the plants 
cease to set on more fruit. 
If bothered by the striped cucumber beetle or aphis, dust with 
Apliieide. See page 18 for information and prices. This is a great 
help for all gardeners. 
Be careful not to put too much lime or ashes on the plants, as 
this will injure them. Keep them growing rapidly and insects have 
less chance to damage them. 
In picking to ship for slicing it is a good plan to divide the field 
into thirds and pick one-third each day. If under irrigation, lay off 
the lands in short rows and run the water along the rows very 
lightly after each picking. 
Always cut off the cucumbers and handle very carefully. Do not 
ship any culls. Throw them away and ship only the first-class speci¬ 
mens. They look so much better—the demand is kept up—the con¬ 
sumer is willing to pay a better price. There is less express and 
package expense and your reputation for a first-class pack is kept 
up, to the advantage of your bank account. 
When the market is high, many are tempted to ship seconds. 
Don’t do it; keep the market up with quality. 
We want to call your especial attention to Burrell’s Earliest of 
All, Burrell’s Klondike, Early Fortune, Black Diamond (It Stays 
Green) and Clark’s Special Cucumbers. These five sorts are now 
more extensively planted by critical market growers than any other. 
They have been the means of a profitable business for thousands 
of growers. 
Greenbac and the Longfellow are very fine additions to our list. 
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D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo. 
