1884 
SIOUX CITY SEED CO. 
1936 
Ijongr Green Cucumber 
LONG GREEN —For slicing the long, firm, 
crisp fruits are very desirable, they are very 
dark green and average a foot in length, 
flesh white and firm. 
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THE DAVIS PERFECT CUCUMBER— 
An excellent cucumber for both outdoor use 
and forcing. It is a carefully selected strain 
of the extra long White Spine type made by 
a veteran outdoor and greenhouse grower of 
cucumbers. Its valuable points are length, 
slimness and its dark green color. It is a 
very vigorous sort and resists blight longer 
than most sorts. 
BOSTON PICKLING —A favorite eastern 
sort of fine quality. 
CHICAGO PICKLING —Very popular in 
Chicago market. Color deep green, medium 
size, prominent spines. 
EARLY RUSSIAN —Very early, short, is 
a valuable variety for small pickles, for 
which it is often in demand. 
CUCUMBERS 
CULTURE—Cucumbers succeed best 
in warm, rich ground. They should not 
be planted in open ground until settled 
warm weather. Plant in hills four feet 
each way, when all danger from insects 
is past, thin out, leaving three or four 
of the strongest plants to the hill. 
EARLY FORTUNE — An attractive new 
variety, becoming very popular. Early For¬ 
tune is now being largely grown by mar¬ 
ket gardeners and shippers both North and 
South. In color it is an attractive deep 
green, which it retains much longer than 
most other sorts. Being fine grained, its 
white flesh is exceedingly crisp and brittle, 
making it an excellent slicing sort. Early 
Fortune is one of the earliest, dark green 
white spine cucumbers for shipping and home 
use. 
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE— A selec¬ 
tion from the White Spine, being more point¬ 
ed at each end; the young fruits are usually 
crisp and tender and are of very dark green 
color, so that the variety is considered by 
some to be the best for small pickles. 
EARLY FRAME OR SHORT GREEN 
—An excellent sort both for table use and 
for pickling. Fruit straight, handsome, 
smaller at each end, bright green; flesh ten¬ 
der and crisp, and makes fine pickles. 
EARLY GREEN CLUSTER— Fruit small 
and in clusters; very prolific. Light green in 
color. 
JAPAN CLIMBING —Can be grown on 
trellis. 
WHITE SPINE, IMPROVED EARLY— 
One of the very earliest and best known of 
the White Spines; a short, square-ended, 
rather three-cornered type; very productive; 
fine for slicing or pickles; medium green 
color. 
SMALL GHERKIN —• Very small burr, 
used for pickles. 
lb., 50c. 
Prices: oz., 15c; 
Except Long Green, Early Fortune, Davis Perfect: oz., 20c; lb., 70c. 
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