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THE GRAND (UNCTION SEED CO., Crand Junction, Colorado 
Early Fortune cucumbers. Just as they grew on the vine in our seed field 
Culture. One ounce to 50 hills; 2 to 3 pounds per acre. After danger of 
frost is past plant in hills 3 by 6 feet apart and thin to 3 plants to a hill. 
Seed can be planted in boxes or paper pots in a hotbed, but Cucumbers do 
not transplant readily unless a mass of soil adheres to the roots. Pick 
fruit as soon as large enough to use, do not allow any Cucumbers to ripen 
on the vines. 
Mountain Grown 
Cucumber 
Seed 
Crisp, Cool, Appetizing - Cucum¬ 
bers can only be taken from your 
own garden. Fresh Cucumbers 
are much more crisp and tender 
and of superior flavor to those 
which you can buy at the stores; 
that peculiar toughness and bit¬ 
terness is missing. Grow your 
own, have plenty for both slicing 
and pickling. 
Most reliable seed houses sell 
Mountain Grown Cucumber Seed; 
in fact, Colorado supplies ninety 
per cent of the Cucumber seed to 
the country. The reason, to quote 
from a New York State seed cat¬ 
alog; “We grow our seed in high 
altitudes to insure not only quick 
but sure results.” In our West¬ 
ern Slope valleys we grow sev¬ 
eral hundred acres of Cucumbers 
for seed, most of this seed being 
for southern truck farmers and 
eastern seed houses. 
White Spine Varieties 
For slicing or shipping. White Spine types are all good shippers as they do not turn yellow. They are 
not good pickling varieties as they do not stay as solid when pickled. They are excellent for slicing. 
479 Ward’s Dark Green (Selected Stays Green). (50 
days.) Early type. It keeps green, that is, re¬ 
tains its deeper green color longer than any other 
variety. Very early and probably the most prolific 
of the White Spine types. Ward’s Dark Green is 
the result of a number of years of careful selection 
from the Kirby Staygreen or Black Diamond type. 
This continual selection has made the type, shape 
and size much more even, while retaining to the full 
extent the earliness and remarkable yield of the 
parent variety. Among the smallest slicing and 
shipping types, averaging 7 inches in length. Pkt, 
10c; oz, 25c; V4 lh, 80c; lb, $2.25, postpaid.' Not pre¬ 
paid, 5 lbs, $10.00. 
483 Improved Early White Spine. (60 days.) Early 
and productive. Cucumbers are quite uniform, 7 to 
8 inches long, well rounded at the ends, and a 
bright green color. Fine for slicing, but not as good 
a shipper as some of the newer types. Pkt, 5c; oz, 
20c; Vn lb, 65c; lb, $1.95, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 
lbs, $9.00. 
468 Earliest of All. (52 days.) Attractive dark green 
color, smooth and very symmetrical. Mainly used 
for early market. Length 7 inches. Pkt, 5c; oz, 
20c; *4 lb, 65c; lb, $1.95, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 
lbs, $9.00. 
469 Straight-8. Primarily bred for the shipping 
trade, an ideal slicing variety for the home gar¬ 
den. Color is deep green and unusually free from 
objectionable pale striping or tipping. Vines are 
vigorous and remarkably productive. Available in 
packets only. Pkt, 15c, postpaid. 
470 Early Fortune. (58 days.) Very attractive slic¬ 
ing and shipping variety. Early, productive and 
disease resistant. Cucumbers 9 inches long, slight¬ 
ly tapering and with distinct light stripes at the 
blossom end. Flesh firm, holds up well in shipping. 
The shipping trade find our continual selection 
makes this variety very uniform. Pkt, 5c; oz, 20c; 
Yi lb, 65c; lb, $1.95, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, 
9.00. 
475 Davis Perfect. (65 days.) A beautiful slicing 
Cucumber. An excellent shipping type, fruits are 
long and very attractive. Firm white flesh and few 
seeds. Good deep green color and holds up well. 
Does fine in the open ground, although this was 
originally a greenhouse type. Davis Perfect is one 
of the varieties on which we have done particularly 
careful selection work as it is of such great value 
to the commercial gardener. Length 10 inches, 
smooth and tapering at both ends. Pkt, 5c; oz, 20c; 
Y\ lb, 65c; lb, $1.95, postpaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs, 
$9.00. 
Ward’s Dark Green. The Earliest Slicer 
Your Garden 
will not be 
complete with¬ 
out the Ward’s 
Dark Green 
Cucumber. 
Davis Perfect 
