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O. W. CLA RK & SON, BUFFA LO, N EW YORK 
CUCUMBERS 
French, Concombre. German, Gurfe. Spanish, Pepino . 
Culture. —One ounce will plant 100 hills; 2 pounds will 
plant 1 acre. They succeed best in a warm, moist, rich, loamy 
soil. Plant in hills 4 feet apart each way. Leave four of the 
strongest plants to each hill, but do not thin out until plants are 
enough to resist the attacks of insects. The English forcing 
varieties can be grown in hotbeds where the temperature does not fall 
below 65 degrees at night. Many of this class grow from 20 to 30 
inches in length. 
Cumberland. New. Very prolific. One of the best for pickles. Pkt. 
5 cts., oz. 10 cts., %\b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Early Frame. An excellent early; used largely for pickles. Oz 
10 cts., y£\b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Improved White Spine. Very popular ; flesh crisp and of good 
flavor Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
FordhooK Famous. Deep green color; best for market or ship¬ 
ping. Oz. 15 cts., %\b. 40 cts., lb. $1.25. 
Extra=Long White Spine. The market-gardener’s favorite, either 
for forcing under glass or outside. Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Lxtra=Long Green. Handsome in shape and color; very desirable. 
Oz. 10 cts., }i\b. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Gherkin. Used only for pickles. Known also as West India Burr. Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 40 cts., lb. $1.50. 
Green Prolific. Resembles Boston Pickling, but much earlier. Oz. to cts., ^lb. 20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 
Arlington White Spine Cucumber. 
Boston Pickling. Of uniform 
size; dark green, tender and 
productive. Oz. 10 cts., %\b. 
20 cts., lb. 60 cts. 
Arlington White Spine. Of 
medium size and good color; 
excellent under glass. Oz. 10 
cts., ^lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts: 
Thorburn’s Everbearing. 
Very early and enormously pro¬ 
ductive ; the peculiar merit of 
this variety is that the vines 
flower and produce fruit all 
the season. Oz. 10 cts., %lb. 
25 cts., lb. 75 cts. 
Japanese Climbing. Of creep¬ 
ing habit; may be trained on a pole or fence. 
Thorburn’s Everbearing Cucumber. 
Excellent quality. Oz. 20 cts., %\b. 50 cts., lb. $1.50. 
New York Improved Eggplant. 
ENGLISH FRAME CUCUMBERS 
These require to be grown in a frame or greenhouse, and so pro¬ 
vided for, produce wonderfully large and fine fruits. The varieties 
offered are the best known. 
Duke of Edinburgh, Telegraph, Tender and True, and 
Sion House Improved. Each, per pkt., 25 cts. 
EGGPLANT 
French, Aubergine. German, ©ier£ flange. Spanish, Berengena. 
Culture. —One ounce will produce 2,000 plants. A strong, uni¬ 
form heat is required to germinate these seeds, and a thoroughly 
pulverized, well-enriched soil is necessary to perfect the fruiting. 
Transplant to 3 feet apart each way, and when about a foot high, 
support the plants by drawing earth up around them. Owing to their 
tenderness, repeated sowings are sometimes necessary. Care should 
be taken, in cutting the fruit, not to disturb the plant. 
Black Pekin. Fruit round and solid, jet black. Oz. 30c., i^lb. 80c, 
New York Improved. The best; very large and of fine quality. 
Oz. 3 j cl^., /410. $1. 
