JEROME B. RICE SEED COMPANY, CAMBRIDGE, N. Y. 
CUCUMBERS — Continued 
Fordhook Famous. Largest of the White Spine 
family; fruit 14 inches long, tapering at both 
ends, crisp and solid; fine for slicing. 
Japanese Climbing. A distinct climbing sort for 
covering fences or trellises and producing ex¬ 
cellent, long, crisp, desirable fruit. 
Jersey Pickling. A very productive variety with 
long, tapering cucumbers and pickles. 
Klondike. A medium early, very dark green type 
of White Spine, with uniform, rather thick 
fruit 7 inches long; fairly productive. 
Long Green, Improved. A standard late, well 
known table variety with long, slender, more or 
less warted, dark green fruit 14 inches in 
length. We have a superior strain of this var¬ 
iety. 
National Pickling. The highest type of pickling 
cucumber. Used very largely by the pickling 
industry. 
Nichols’ Medium Green. A black spined variety, 
quite similar in type and size to Early Frame. 
Snow’s Perfected Pickle. A symmetrical, well- 
formed and productive pickle; early, small, 
square ended and dark green; desirable as a 
bottle pickle. 
Stays Green. A very productive, early, dark 
green, white spine type; very popular in the 
South. 
West India Gherkin. Grown exclusively for 
pickles; fruit very small, oval and covered with 
spines. 
White Spine, Extra Long-(Evergreen.) An extra 
long type of White Spine; fruit cylindrical, 
deep green. 
White Spine, Henderson’s Perfected. A very fine 
type of dark green White Spine and popular 
in the South as a shipping variety. Fruits very 
symmetrical, thick and nearly square ended, 
about 8 inches long. 
White Spine, Improved Early (Arlington). The 
old standard, popular cucumber and a favorite 
in every garden; fruits about 7 inches long and 
good for either pickling or slicing. 
White Wonder. A distinctive variety with fair 
size, short and rather blocky; ivory-white fruit. 
r* * I ( Turnip-Rooted 
oeleriac Celery) 
Culture.—A variety of celery with turnip¬ 
shaped roots, which are white-fleshed, compar¬ 
atively tender, and have the flavor of celery 
stalks. The seed may be sown in the open ground 
in April, and the young plants nursed in the same 
way as celery; but in planting out the ground is 
manured and dug, not trenched, and the plants 
are set in shallow drills 12 inches apart, watering 
freely. As the growth advances, draw earth to 
the plants to blanch them and make them deli¬ 
cate and tender. 
Large Smooth Prague. One of the largest; roots 
smooth and almost spherical. 
Cress, or Pepper Grass 
Culture.—The Curled Cress should be sown in 
the early spring, very thickly in shallow drills, 
and repeated at frequent intervals for succession, 
as it soon runs to seed. The Water Cress may be 
sown in May, on the ground where it is intended 
to be grown, and the plants transplanted to stand 
a foot apart. 
Extra Curled (Pepper grass). A small curled 
plant having a fine pungent flavor and used 
as a salad. 
True Water Cress. For growing along the banks 
of ponds and streams; wholly unlike Extra 
Curled; leaves are quite large and thick. 
Upland. Quite similar to Water Cress in general 
appearance but adapted to upland growing. 
Endive 
Culture.—Endive is one of the best salads for 
fall and winter use. Sow for an early supply 
about the middle of April. As it is used mostly in 
the fall months, the main sowings are made in 
June and July. Plant 1 foot apart each way. 
When the plant has attained its full size, gather 
up the leaves and tie them by the tips in a 
conical form. This excludes the light and air 
from the inner leaves, which, in the course of 
from three to six weeks, become blanched. 
One ounce will sow 300 feet of drill 
Broad Leaved Batavian (Escarolle). One of the 
best varieties for salads; leaves broad, more or 
less twisted and waved, bright deep green, with 
a nearly white midrib. Inner leaves form a 
fair head which blanches a creamy white. 
Full Heart Batavian. An improved strain of Es¬ 
carolle, being more full at the heart. 
Green Curled Winter. The most hardy and vig¬ 
orous sort; leaves bright, deep green with the 
outer midribs usually showing a trace of rose; 
readily blanches a creamy white. 
Moss Curled. Grows more compact than Green 
Curled and the medium green leaves are finer 
cut; leaf stems often tinged purple; blanches 
creamy white. 
White Curled. The divided leaves are a very 
light yellowish-green color which blanches al¬ 
most white. 
Corn Salad, or Fetticus 
Culture.—This excellent hardy salad may be had the year round. Sow in September in drills 8 
inches apart, covering seeds lightly, and protect from frost by a light covering of hay or litter. Seed 
may also be sown in spring. 
One ounce will sow 150 feet of drill 
Large Green Cabbaging. A quite distinct sort with short, rounded, smooth, almost erect, very green 
leaves, forming a compact rosette. 
Large Seeded Dutch. A vigorous variety; leaves large, round, grayish-green and veined. 
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