THE MARKET GARDENER’S SEEDSMEN OF THE SOUTHWEST 15 
E. P. S. Co.’s 
Early Fortune 
Cucumber. 
Superior Cucumbers 
of Best Salad and Pickling Kinds 
Field Culture. Plant from March to August in hills 4 to 6 feet each 
way, 8 to 10 seeds to a hill. Cover an inch deep. When danger of 
insects is past, thin out the plants, leaving 3 or 4 of the strongest 
in each hill. It is ready for the table in 10 weeks from planting seed. 
One ounce of seed will plant 50 hills ; two pounds to the acre. 
70 days. The fruits of this type are very 
deep green in color, rather long, averag¬ 
ing about 10 inches or more in length and quite slender. Flesh is 
crisp, tender and of fine quality. Ready for market in about 70 
days. Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb., 60c; lb., $2.00; 5 lbs., $9.50, 
postpaid. 
An excellent shipper and very 
in the Corpus Christi section. 
Fruits are very early, dark green and about 7 to 8 inches in 
length; flesh very thick and firm, 
with very small seed. Pkt., 5c; oz.. 
Davis Perfect 
Early Fortune “ p d u S 
Imp. 
Long 
Green. 
$9.50, postpaid. 
Boston Pickling 
50 days. A very early pickling 
strain that is the standard every¬ 
where ; retains its freshness for a 
long period, tender and of excellent 
flavor; matures in about 50 days. 
Pkt., 5c; oz., 20c; % lb., 60c; lb., 
$2.00, postpaid. 
Improved Long 
75 days. The fruits of 
this popular Cucum¬ 
ber are very long, often measuring 
12 to 15 inches when mature, very 
uniform, slender, and of a beauti¬ 
ful green color. This variety fur¬ 
nishes some fruits very early but 
matures the bulk of its crop rather 
late; fine for slicing and excellent 
for pickles. Very popular as a 
market gardener’s Cucumber and 
for home garden. Pkt., 5c; oz., 
20c; % lb., 60c; lb., $2.00; 5 lbs., 
$9.50, postpaid. 
Eggplant 
New York Improved 
Cninolocc This type is very 
early and entirely 
spineless, bearing extra large fruits 
of a deep purple color ; very smooth, 
with white, delicious flesh. Pkt., 5c ; 
oz., 40c; % lb., $1.50; lb., $5.50, 
postpaid. 
Black Beauty 
lb., $1.50; lb., $5.50, postpaid. 
