Slate Seed Co., Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 
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Slate’s Extra Early White Spine Cucumber 
165—SLATE’S EXTRA EARLY WHITE SPINE. 
One of the earliest and best cucumbers in cultiva¬ 
tion. Our strain has been bred and perfected to 
meet the exacting needs of market growers and is 
now used by some of the most critical. Its uni¬ 
formity, appearance, and good quality recommend 
it just as highly to the home grower as to the man 
who grows for market. The fruit is from medium 
size to large, uniform shape, a clear green color 
shading to a light spot at the tip, and matures 
along with the earliest. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 44 lb. 40c, lb. $1.00, postpaid. 
168—DAVIS PERFECT. —This cucumber is old 
and reliable. It seems to hold friends among both 
the home and market gardeners. It is noted for the 
perfect fruit it produces. The fruit is long, rather 
slender, of a beautiful deep green color, and has 
few seed. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 44 lb. 45c, lb. $1.25, postpaid. 
172—IMPROVED LONG GREEN.— This is an old 
sort but still the most popular cucumber in cultiva¬ 
tion. It makes an ideal sort for cutting up for 
pickles or for slicing and no other variety offers the 
big yield of enormous fruit that this does. The fruit 
is from ten to fifteen inches long, has a deep green 
color, and crisp, tender flesh. It is rather late in 
maturing but its yield and fine fruit readily offset 
this disadvantage. Every home gardener should 
make at least one planting of this grand variety. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 44 lb. 45c, lb. $1.25, postpaid. 
171—CHICAGO PICKLING. — A standard late 
variety which combines all the qualities which go 
to make up an ideal pickling cucumber. The vines 
are hardy and very productive. The fruit runs from 
small to medium size, and can often be pickled 
whole. 
Pkt. 5e, oz. 15c, 44 lb. 40c, lb. $1.00, postpaid. 
174—WEST INDIA GHERKIN.— A small fruited 
prickly variety used for pickling whole. Its fruit 
is never over two or three inches long and is cov¬ 
ered with spines. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 20c, % lb. 60c, lb. $1.75, postpaid. 
Leek 
Leek is one of the finest of spring onions and is 
easy to grow. Plant the seed in the fall from July 
to October in rows where they are to remain. Thin 
the seedlings to four inches apart in the row and 
cultivate often. A side dressing of manure or ferti¬ 
lizer will improve them. They will remain all winter 
in the open ground and yield large mild onions very 
early next spring. You have never known the best 
onion until you try leek. 
191—AMERICAN FLAG. — This is one of the 
largest and best of the leek family. Tops are beau¬ 
tifully curled. Roots thick, mild and sweet. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, 44 lb. 75c, lb. $2.00, postpaid. 
Cucumbers 
The soil selected for Cucumbers should be a light 
sand or sand loam. Barnyard litter makes the best 
fertilizer. Prepare large hills about six feet apart 
each way, and plant from eight to ten seed in each 
hill. After the slants get beyond danger from in¬ 
sects, thin to four plants per hill and give shallow 
cultivation until the vines begin to run. The time 
for seeding extends from just after the last frost in 
spring until August. Cucumbers are very suscep¬ 
tible to insect attacks and should be sprayed as 
soon as the bugs appear and as often as they are 
found. Nicotine Dust is a safe and effective means 
of fighting the Cucumber Beetles. Or Arsenate of 
Lead may be dusted around the base of the young 
plants to control this pest. Pungi Bordo used as a 
dust or in a liquid spray every two weeks until the 
young cucumbers come on the vines will help to 
keep them free from blight and prolong the bear¬ 
ing season. 
166— SLATE’S EARLY FORTUNE. — We con¬ 
sider this the best ?nd most popular market cucum¬ 
ber grown. It is one of the earliest to produce, very 
productive, and the fruit is far above that of any 
other variety in both quality and appearance. The 
vines are hardy and resist disease to a remarkable 
extent. The fruit is regular in size, matures uni¬ 
formly, rather long and of a deep green color, 
which it holds for days after being pulled. In 
quantity, quality, appearance and market value this 
cucumber cannot be equalled. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 44 lb. 40c, lb. $1.00, postpaid. 
167 — EARLY CLUSTER. — An early, small and 
very prolific variety. It is an excellent kind for 
the home garden. The vines are extremely hardy 
and produce their fruit in clusters of two or three. 
The fruit is small and of a much better quality 
than the larger ones. They make excellent pickles 
or the tenderest when sliced. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 44 lb. 40c, lb. $1.00, postpaid. 
Improved Long Green Cucumber 
