CUCUMBER 
SLICING VARIETIES 
Pickling Varieties, Pages 25 and 26. 
Market Growers' Prices, Page 82. 
The number of days indicated is the average time required from 
planting of seed to developed fruits of the first slicing stage. We 
have done this for the sak^ of uniformity in making comparison. 
The time should be reduced several days for small pickles and 
slightly increased for full grown fruits. Black spine varieties turn 
red or yellow when ripe and white spine varieties turn white when 
ripe. 
Piling Cucumbers in One of Our Seed Fields. 
A. & C. 
65 days. A fine dark green slicing variety that is be¬ 
coming quite popular with eastern growers. We grew 
a seed field from the introducer’s stock this year and it appears to 
be identical with the cucumber we list as “Greenbac.” 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 15c) (% lb., 40c) (lb., $1.40) (5 lbs., $6.15) prepaid. 
Arlington Dark Green—Bunting Strain slicer, much on the 
order of Early Fortune, but slightly shorter, and some darker green 
at the blossom end. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz,, 10c) (% lb., 30c) (lb., 95c) (5 lbs., $4.35) prepaid. 
Black Diamond {It Stays Green) sort da very A popu a iar y i S n‘ c thf 
south, especially in Florida, splendid for shipping. Fruits rich, deep 
green and retain their color for a long time, white spined. Size and 
shape much the same as Burrell’s Earliest of All, but tapers more 
to the blossom end, rounded at both ends. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (*4 lb., 30c) (lb., 95c) (5 lbs., $4.35) prepaid. 
n ••■•aII'c |/|_days. One of our own introduction; out- 
Durreil S i\IOnQIK© standing in uniformity. It is desirable for 
shipping as well as being used extensively by picklers in the central 
states. Vigorous grower, yields abundantly, color medium dark 
green, not as dark as our Earliest of All, and may be used by those 
preferring a lighter color pickle or slicer; white spined, slicers 8 
inches long, 2% inches thick, cylindrical. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (% lb., 30c) (lb., 95c) (5 lbs., $4.35) prepaid. 
Growina and Market- Growing Cucumber seed has had our careful study 
. ~ y , for over 35 years, during which time we have grown 
ing bucumoers many thousand acres of cucumbers for seed. 
We come to you for your orders for this seed 
knowing what we have to offer is of the best produced. Should you use Cu¬ 
cumber seed in large quantities, be sure and write for our special wholesale 
prices. 
We started production of cucumber seed here, and the results from our 
seed have been such that a very large portion of the cucumber seed of the 
United States is now grown here. 
Cucumbers thrive best in a very rich, loamy soil, not containing too much 
sand. A rather heavy soil is preferable to sandy soil. The most successful 
growers fertilize heavily with barnyard manure, scattered evenly over the sur¬ 
face 2 to 3 inches deep, disced thoroughly, then plowed under to depth of 6 to 8 
inches, then thoroughly harrowed and floated. This gives an excellent seed bed. 
You can now plant with your garden drill rows 4 feet apart, drilling in 
about 3 pounds of seed per acre, covering the seed about 1 inch in depth. You 
can follow the drill mark and cultivate before the plants come up. Cultivate 
often. When the plants have four to six leaves thin to one plant every 18 inches. 
Keep the cultivator going as long as you can get through the rows. If under 
irrigation, water once a week lightly and always cultivate between irrigations 
until the crop is laid by. Keep the cucumbers picked off as fast as they reach 
the size desired, as if any are allowed to ripen the plants cease to set on 
more fruit. 
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D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo 
