CATALOGUE OF CHOICE GARDEN SEEDS 
SWEET CORN — Continued 
MAIN CROP AND LATE VARIETIES 
Country Gentleman (Shoe Peg). An exceptional¬ 
ly fine quality corn; ears 7 to 8 inches long, cob 
small, white and densely covered with long, 
slender, white grains, without row formation. 
Long Island Beauty. A late maturing variety 
with immense ears, often a foot long and with 
18 to 20 rows of large sweet kernels. A profit¬ 
able sort for late market. 
Mammoth Sugar (Late Mammoth). The largest 
eared variety; somewhat earlier than Stowell’s 
Evergreen. Ears 12 inches long, 16 to 18 rowed. 
Narrow Grained Evergreen. Similar to Stowell’s 
but with a narrower white grain. 
Stoweli’s Evergreen. The standard and best 
known main crop sweet corn and most exten¬ 
sively grown. Of rather tall, vigorous growth; 
ears 9 inches long, 16 to 18 rowed, with very 
deep, white, sweet grain. 
Trucker’s Favorite. A late variety of the Adams’ 
type; ears very large and handsome; 14 to 16 
rowed. 
White Evergreen. A selection from Stowell’s but 
with a larger, broader ear and broader, whiter 
grain. 
Zig Zag Evergreen. Similar to Stowell’s but 
having ears densely covered with narrower 
grains, without row formation. 
Pop Corn 
Popped corn is more popular than ever. A short 
row should give a supply for the winter months. 
Black Beauty. While the seed is black the ker¬ 
nel pops white. 
Japanese Hulless. Very popular with sellers of 
popped corn. 
Queen’s Golden. The golden yellow kernels pop 
to almost double the size of any other variety. 
White Rice. A very desirable variety and greatly 
preferred by many growers. 
Cucumber 
Culture. —For earliest use, sow the seed in the hotbed or greenhouse in February or March, in 
warm loam, where the temperature is about 90°; cover half an inch deep, and when the plants are 
of fair size, transplant into hills (made in the greenhouse), four plants in a hill, so that when the 
weather permits the whole hill can be moved to the open ground by means of tins made for that pur¬ 
pose. Plant for general use in the open ground, about June 1, in hills 6 feet apart each way, and thin 
to three plants in a hill. Fine old manure (about 6 cords per acre) is sufficient; or, better still, plant 
on land from which a crop has been taken, and which was heavily manured for that crop. A sprink¬ 
ling of dry plaster will keep off the striped bug. One ounce will plant 50 hills; 2 pounds will plant an 
acre. 
RICE'S Early Fortune 
Three Most Desirable Varieties 
RICE’S EARLY FORTUNE 
Recommended as one of the best shipping sorts ever introduced and 
probably more largely grown for that purpose than any variety. A 
White Spine type, early, very productive and nearly disease-resistant. 
Mature fruits 9 inches long, very uniform, cylindrical, slightly tapering 
towards the ends; flesh white, very firm and crisp with few seeds. 
Noted for its rich, very dark green color which does not fade when 
shipped to distant markets. See illustration. 
RICE'S LONGFELLOW 
A new and exceptionally fine long, very dark green white spine, re¬ 
sembling a hothouse cucumber even when grown out of doors. Fruits 
12 to 14 inches long, solid and crisp, with few seeds; an excellent 
forcer. See illustration page 12. 
DAVIS' PERFECT 
An extra long, dark green type of White Spine, retaining its color 
long after being picked. The fruit will average 11 to 12 inches in length 
and 2V 2 inches in diameter, smooth and tapering at both ends. A very 
desirable cucumber, largely grown as a market variety and for green¬ 
house forcing. 
Standard Cucumbers 
Boston Pickling, or Green Prolific. A desirable pickling variety and 
one of the most productive, with short, thick, smooth, bright green 
fruit. 
Chicago Pickling (Westerfield). A most excellent pickling sort and one 
of the very best for this purpose; fruit very uniform and of good color. 
Earliest of All. One of the very earliest and most desirable of the 
White Spine type, much in favor in the South for early shipment. 
Fruit very uniform, about 7 inches long, cylindrical, tapering slight¬ 
ly but abruptly at both ends; color a good, deep green. A fine variety 
for the home garden. 
Early Cluster. Noted for its earliness and small, short rather chunky 
fruit, which is borne in clusters. 
Early Frame, or Short Green. A vigorous and productive all-around variety, medium in size and 
earliness; good for either pickling or slicing. 
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