Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., Wholesale Seed Growers, Cambridge, N. Y. 
CUCUMBER 
We are extensive growers of cucumber seed, producing our stocks 
in the North under our own supervision. We believe them to he su¬ 
perior to those generally offered. 
The figures following descriptions represent the average length 
and diameter of the mature fruit grown as a field crop; if produced 
under gardening conditions fruit may average larger. 
Your attention is particularly invited to Rice’s Early Fortune and 
National Pickling Cucumber, in which we are specialists. 
B. S. indicates Black Spine; W. S., White Spine 
Write us for Special Prices on Large Quantities or Growing Contract 
BOSTON PICKLING, or GREEN PROLIFIC (58 days)—Fruit short, smooth, sym¬ 
metrical and bright green; very productive, making a good pickle; 6 V 2 x 2 1 /2 
in. Especially good in Dill sizes. B. S. 
CHICAGO PICKLING (59 days)—A most excellent pickling sort; very uniform, 
productive and good color. Our strain is much superior to stocks generally 
sold under this name. Rather slender in small sizes, but especially valuable 
for Dills; 7 x 3 in. 
DAVIS' PERFECT (65 days)—An extra long, dark green type of White Spine; 
retains its color and good qualities long after being picked. Fruit is excep¬ 
tionally long, smooth, and tapering at both ends; flesh crisp, solid, with few 
seeds; mid-season. 11x3 in. W. S. 
EARLIEST OF ALL (60 days)—An extra early, prolific, desirable White Spine 
much in favor in the South for early shipment to Northern markets. Fruit 
very full and uniform, tapering slightly but abruptly at both ends; color a 
good deep green. While a week to ten days earlier than Early Fortune, it is 
not so handsome a cucumber and will not hold its color as well. It is desir¬ 
able, however, for its extreme earliness. 7\-2 x in. W. S. 
EARLY CLUSTER (55 days)—Very early; fruit short, chunky, small, and borne 
in clusters in center of the plant; light green in color; prolific. 6 x 2% in. B. S. 
EARLY FORTUNE, RICE'S (65 days)—The finest type of White Spine yet pro¬ 
duced. Early, very productive, and disease-resistant. Fruits slightly tapering; 
flesh white, very firm and crisp, with very few seeds; color rich dark green, 
which does not fade when shipped a long distance. 9 x 9f4 in. W. S. (Illus¬ 
trated on page twenty-nine ). 
EARLY FORTUNE — Extra Selected Stock — Put up in 1-lb. sealed cloth bags. 
EARLY FRAME, or SHORT GREEN (58 days)—Vigorous and productive; me¬ 
dium in size and earliness; good for pickling and slicing; fruit light green 
and is inclined to be three-cornered rather than round. 7 x 3 in. B. S. 
LONGFELLOW (70 days)—An excellent long, slender, dark green variety 
equally desirable for greenhouse forcing or outdoor culture. An ideal type 
for the private garden or as a “straight pack ’ variety for shipment to market. 
12 to 14 by 2% in. W. S. 
LONG GREEN, IMPROVED (70 days)—A standard late, well-known table sort; 
Fruits slender, more or less warted, tapering towards the stem end; color dark 
green; flesh white and firm. We have a superior stock of this variety. 12 to 
14 x 3 in. B. S. 
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