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CUCUMBER. 
German, Gurken.— French, Concombre. —Spanish, Pepino . 
For an early crop sow as soon as the weather becomes warm, in hills about four feet apart. 
Put a large shovelful of well-rotted manure in each hill. Sow liberally, as the yellow bug will 
require a part, and it is best to have a surplus of plants. Sow for pickling from the middle of 
June to the middle of July. 
Improved White Spine, the best table variety, also the best for forcing; 
grows straight and smooth, tender and of excellent quality, and a great 
bearer .. 
White Spine, a desirable sort for market or family use... 
Boston Pickling, (true), extensively grown by the market gardeners in the 
vicinity of Boston. It is very pioductive and of superior color and 
quality.’..... 
Early Frame, an old and popular variety, of medium size, straight and hand¬ 
some ; excellent for pickles when young.... 
Early Russian, the earliest variety, small and short, very hardy and 
productive. 
Tailby’s Hybrid, a cross between the White Spine and an English Frame 
variety; uniformly straight and smooth; valuable for forcing.. 
Early Green Cluster, a short, very early variety, I earing in clusters near the 
root. 
Short Green, or Gherkin, medium size,excellent for pickles when young.... 
Long Green Prickly, a very superior table variety, about a foot in length, 
rather pointed at both ends, dark green, firm and crisp. 
Long Green Turkey, dark green, smooth, and of good quality. 
Green Prolific, one of the best pickling sorts and a great favorite among the 
New York market gardeners; immensely productive. 
We st India Gherkin, a very small, oval-shaped pricsly variety, have some¬ 
what the appearance of a burr. It is used only for pickling. 
ENGLISH FRAME CUCUMBERS. For Fore 
a temperature of 65 degrees at nignt, to 75 or 80 degrees, with sun-heat. Per packet, 25 cents. 
Improved Sion House. Rollison’s Telegraph. 
Duke of Edinburgh. Kelway’s Paragon. 
Blue Gown. Marquis of Lome. 
Gen. Grant. Carter’s Model. 
Carter’s Best of All. 
DANDELION. 
German, Pardeblum. —French, Pisse-eti-lil. —Spanish Amargon. 
The Dandelion is cultivated for spring greens, or for blanching for salad. The roots when 
dried and roasted, are often employed as a substitute for coffee. The seed should be sown in May 
or June, in drills ha.f nn inch deep and twelve inches apart and the earth firmly pressed over the 
seed. The plants will ue ready for use the following spring. 
American Improved. 
Thick-Leaved French. * 10 
EGG PLANT. 
German, Eierpflanze .—French, Aubergine.— Spanish, Berengena. 
Sow the seed in hot-beds the first week in April, care being taken to protect the voung plants 
from cold at night. Plant out about June 1st, about two and a half feet apart. Sufficient plants 
may be raised for a small garden by sowing a few seeds in common flower pots or boxes in the 
house. 
Pkt. 
New York Improved, the leading market variety; excellent and very produc¬ 
tive . ‘ IO 
Early Long Purple, differing in shape from the foregoing ; early, hardy, and 
productive. 10 
Black Pekin, early, fruit jet black, round in form and very solid, and of very 
superior quality. . 
Pkt. 
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Oz. 
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.60 6.00 
