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CONDON’S “Sure Crop” CUCUMBERS 
362 Davis Perfect Select 
Original strain. As now selected, the long even fruits are of fine form, with 
an intensely dark, rich green skin. With very few seeds, the solid white flesh 
is of superb quality for slicing. So handsome and regular are the fruits 
that they bring an extra price on market, often being taken for “hot-house 
grown.” The vines are of strong growth and quite prolific. 
Mr. Davis, the originator, says: “This new variety beats all others in points 
of beauty, quality and productiveness. More fruit can be cut from it than 
from any other we ever tried in the greenhouse, while for outdoor growing 
they seem to yield even better than under glass, and even experts cannot tell 
the outdoor fruits from the hot-house product. Packet, 10 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; Yk 
lb., 60 cts.; Yz lb., $1.10; lb., $2.00; 2 lbs., $3.90, postpaid. 
372 Condon’s Everbearing 
This is a unique and highly meri¬ 
torious pickling variety; meritorious 
because of its quality, and unique in 
its ability to go right on bearing, 
whether the ripened cucumbers are 
picked or not. It is enormously pro¬ 
ductive and a general favorite. Fruits 
of every age and also blossoms may 
be found on a single vine and bear¬ 
ing continues until the coming of 
frost. A favorite for pickles. Also 
an excellent home garden variety. 
Paeket, 10 cts.; oz., 18 cts.; Yk lb., 55 
cts.; Yz lb., 95 cts.; lb., $1.75; 2 lbs., 
$3.40, postpaid. 
36 s Green Prolific, or 
Boston Pickling 
This is a very prolific cucumber; 
largely planted for pickles. The 
fruits average 4 to 6 inches in length 
when large enough for slicing, and 
are of excellent quality. It is, how¬ 
ever, for producing medium-sized 
pickles that this variety is so highly 
esteemed, as it is enormously produc¬ 
tive, and if the fruits are kept gath¬ 
ered as soon as large enough, the 
vines will continue bearing through¬ 
out a long season. Packet, 5 cts.; oz., 
18 cts.; Yk lb., 55 cts.; Yz lb., 95 cts.; 
lb., $1.75; 2 lbs., $3.40, postpaid. 
360 Condon’s Extra Early 
Improved Long Green 
Vines very vigorous and productive. 
The fruits are very long, often 12 
inches; slender and uniformly dark 
green color. Furnishes some fruits 
early, but matures the bulk of its 
crop rather late. Excellent for slic¬ 
ing and very largely used for pickles. 
The fruits are often used for making 
sweet pickles. We offer a carefully 
selected strain, uniformly long, of 
good form and with the large warts 
and spines well distributed over the 
surface instead of being clustered at 
one end, as in inferior stocks. See 
cut. Packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 25 cts.; 
% lb., 75 cts.; Yz lb., $1.35; lb., $2.50; 
2 lbs., $4.90, postpaid. 
369 Serpent or Snake 
A curious, unusually much twisted 
cucumber. Grows in many interesting 
shapes and forms. Often measures 2 
to 4 feet long. More of a curiosity to 
grow to exhibit at fairs than for food 
value. Pkt., 10 cts*; ounce, 30 cts., 
postpaid. 
367 
Klondike “White Spine” 
A medium early, white-spined cucumber of handsome, very dark green color 
and of excellent quality for slicing. The vines are very hardy and productive. 
The fruits when mature are about 8 inches long, and are uniform in size and 
shape. Color dark green, slightly striped at the ends. The dark green color 
is retained much longer and is affected less by the hot sun than any other 
sort with which we are familiar. Its uniform size and shape and splendid 
color are making this variety very popular as a shipping sort. Packet, 5 cts.; 
oz., 18 cts.; Yk lb., 55 cts.; Yz lb., 95 cts.; Ib.. $1.75; 2 lbs., $3.40, postpaid. 
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372 Condon’s Everbearing 
West India Gherkins 
373 
West India 
Gherkin 
A small fruited variety, very prolific, and used only for 
pickling as it has no slicing value. Fruits are thick and 
rounded in shape, ranging from 2 to 3 inches in length, and 
covered with spines. Makes a strong growth of slender 
vines, with small foliage. Prices, packet, 10 cts.; ounce, 25 
cts.; Yk lb., 75 cts., postpaid. 
360 Condon’s Extra 
Early Improved 
Long Green 
Use Condon’s Bug Finish on your Cucumber Vines—See page 104. 
