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JOHN LEWIS CHILDS, FLORAL PARK, N. Y, 
G^ciiujber. 
Do not try to grow Cucumbers in poorly prepared ground. 
Make low, flat hills from four to six inches apart, each hill 
two or three feet across, and thoroughly pulverize sixteen 
to eighteen inches deep. Mix a large shovelful of rotten 
manure in the soil of each hill, and plant from six to eight 
seeds in each, as some are apt to fail. If bugs appear, dust 
with slug shot or with lime and soot. Allow no fruit to 
ripen on vines. Dor pickles and late Cucumbers seed can 
be sown as late as July. 
Childs’ Early Beauty— A most remarkable and valuable 
early Cucumber, first offered last year. It is a sport 
from Early Siberian, and has that variety’s great value 
as a cropper. It is as early as Extra Early Russian, 
though twice as large as that variety, and keeps its 
lively green color to a very late state of growth, and 
will supplant all other early sorts, such as Siberian, 
Russian, Green Prolific, Thorburn’s Everbearing, etc., 
for it is not only earlier, but larger and much finer in 
every respect. It is even so fine that it has been called 
Early White Spine, though it has no relation to that 
superb late variety. Pkt., 10c.; 3 pkts., 25c.: oz., 35c.; 
lb., $3.00. 
Long China— A very solid Cucumber, with few seeds, and 
growing eighteen to twenty inches long. A fine and 
prolific variety. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 25c.; lb., $1.25. 
Thorburn’s Everbearing— Claimed to even excel the Early 
Russian m its everbearing character, producing fruit in 
immense quantities, whether fruit is allowed to ripen on 
the vines or not. f ine for table or for pickles. Cucum¬ 
bers short and thick. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; lb., 80c. 
©hiids’ avory Monarch— An ivory-white Cucumber, grow¬ 
ing nearly .two. feet in length and weighing five or six 
pounds. Six times larger than any other sort. It is 
really a monster, and when halt grown exceedingly fine 
m quality. Its enormous size, great beauty and oddity 
make it one of the finest vegetables for exhibiting at 
fairs, and it never fails to capture first prize. Its flesh is 
thick and_sohd, with a very small seed cavity, and not¬ 
withstanding its size, it lias fewer seeds than any other 
Cucumber we ever saw. Pkt., 10c. ; 3 plcts., 25c. 
improved Early Russian-One of the most valuable, es¬ 
pecially m the South. It is so very dwarf, hills need 
be only three feet apart, yet it is one of the most prolific 
varieties of all, bearing its short, plump fruits in clus¬ 
ters, and if not allowed to ripen seed will bear from June 
until October, and that in hot, dry weather that crisps 
nearly every other variety, root and branches. Pkt., 5c. : 
oz., 20c. ; lb., 90c, 
Bennett’s White Spine— (Peivate Stock). Our seed from 
this is saved from one of the finest stocks on Long Island, 
and Long Island leads the world on choice garden vege* 
tables. These Cucumbers grow seven to ten inches long, 
uniformly plump and full to the very ends, a glossy dark 
green in color. A superior quality in every respect, 
Pkt., 10c.; oz., 20c.; lb., $1.00. 
Early Green Cluster — A prolific variety, with crisp, brittle 
fruit. A fine pickling variety. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 80c. 
Gherkin —Small, thick, oval fruit, very prickly, crisp ana 
tender. Used only for pickling. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 10c.; lb., 60c. 
Green Prolific Pickling — A standard pickling variety, 
with slender, dark green fruit, very crisp. Pkt., 5c.; 
oz., ioc. ; lb., 6oc. 
Japanese Climbing —This Cucumber is such a strong ana 
vigorous grower that the vines attain twice the 1 engine, 
ordinary varieties. The vines climb readily, andthey may 
be grown on fences, poles or trellises, thus saving mucE 
valuable space in small gardens. The fruits are ox a nm 
lovely green color, about a foot in length. Flesh thick ana 
firm and of splendid qual¬ 
ity. Never bitter and ex¬ 
ceedingly fine for pickling 
as well as for slicing. The 
vines never mildew, and 
the fruit being raised well 
above the ground is always 
free from insects, rot or 
rust. When picked freely, 
a vine will continue bear¬ 
ing during the entire sea- 
season, and one hill will 
keep a good sized family 
supplied with this delicious 
vegetable a 1 1 summer. 
Pkt., 10c.; oz., 25c. 
African Horned —When 
fully grown it is the size of 
a small Muskmelon, ob¬ 
long, and covered with 
protruding points or horns. 
For eating it should be 
taken before it is too old. 
In quality it is simply lus¬ 
cious, having the pure Cu¬ 
cumber flavor in a degree 
of delicacy and refinement 
not before seen. It is ex¬ 
ceedingly tender and con¬ 
sequently easily digested. 
Pkt., 10c.; 3 pkts. for 25c. 
One packet each of the eleven sorts , 60c. 
