ECONOMY IN SEED IS NOT IN PRICE BUT IN QUALITY 
67 
Four Ozs. of Seed Will Plant 100 Yds. 
of Hills. Plant Four Lbs. to the Acre 
CUCUMBER 
A Good Crop Cannot Be 
Grown on Thin Soil 
Origin not positively known but thought to be in India 
Arlington White Spine 
For early use plant in hills 4x4 feet apart, on a warm border, when the Cherry is in bloom or when danger 
of frost is past. For pickles plant early in August to get 2 to 3 inch fruit in late September. 
Among many people the phrase white spine is not understood. The spines on the cucumber are of 
two kinds, white and black. They have nothing to do with the outside color of the cucumber for they are 
simply the little prickly white or black projections on the skin of the fruit. 
A good crop of Cucumbers, when gathered of pickling size, produces from 100 to 174 bushels to the 
acre. A bushel contains about 300 pickles. The pickles should be slipped from the vine by the thumb and 
finger without raising or disturbing the vine. 
Pickles properly prepared will keep five or six years. The method of salting pickles as pursued in New 
Jersey is as follows: To a cask of 120 gallons’ capacity, take 4 quarts of salt, and mix in 2 gallons of water. 
Place the solution in the bottom of the cask and put in the green pickles after washing. To each 2 bushels 
of pickles put into the cask, add 4 quarts of salt and continue until cask is full. Place the head on the cask 
with edges trimmed off to permit of a rise and fall on the top of the pickles, and on the top of the head or 
lid place a weight of 20 to 25 pounds. If there should be any evaporation of the liquor, replace it by a solu¬ 
tion of 4 quarts of salt to 2 gallons of water, keeping all the pickles submerged; salt should not be stinted. 
The Cucumber Crop this year was very light on account of dry weather and hail, conse¬ 
quently the higher price. 
Always Green or Black Diamond—66 Days—- 
It stays green 
The greenest and earliest of the Long White Spine 
Varieties. Hardy, large fruited, excellent shape, 
and is uniform from end to end. Of extended or 
long drawn out period of picking and of very favor¬ 
able reputation among Market Gardeners. Always 
to be picked out in a competitive trial as one of the 
best. Used most extensively in Florida to ship 
North. 
Arlington White Spine—66 Days 
A cucumber that for years was the standard of per¬ 
fection of White Spine types. It is grown exten¬ 
sively by market gardeners and is equally desirable 
as a family garden sort. Fruit long, slim and attrac¬ 
tive, thicker than Early Fortune, same diameter all 
over, and rather chunky in appearance. 
Boston Pickle—68 Days 
A very productive variety. Very robust in growth. 
Dark green, and paling to lierht green at tip. Warty 
and black spined. 
Chicago Pickle—68 Days 
Sometimes called Westerfield Pickle. Vine vigor¬ 
ous, foliage broad. Fruit rounded form, choice 
green color with smooth skin and few spines. A 
very desirable and most popular variety for pickles. 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
Mlb. 
Lb. 
Always Green. 
.. .05 
.25 
.70 
2.40 
Arlington White Spine.... 
.. .05 
.25 
.70 
2.40 
Boston Pickle. 
. . .05 
.25 
.70 
2.25 
Chicago Pickle. 
. . .05 
.25 
.70 
2.25 
