CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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Cucumber* 
German, Gurken .—French, Concombre. —Spanish, Pepino. 
The first planting should be made early in May on partly spent hot-beds; inverted sods form an excellent 
medium for both planting on and 
carrying the young plants to their 
permanent location, or small paper 
pots can be used. Such plantings 
are usually ready for transplanting 
to the open ground in from three 
to four weeks, and are seldom 
troubled with the striped bug. 
Transplanting should be done in 
the evening, into hills four feet 
apart each way. Thin out to 
about four plants to a hill. The 
seed may be planted in hills late 
in May, thus giving a succession. 
For pickles, plant during the last 
two weeks of June 
One ounce will plant about 50 hills. 
Davis Perfect Cucumber. 
Boston Pickling . Produces an abundant crop of short dark-green fruit 
Breck’s Forcing White Spine. This seed is raised from selected specimens by an 
Arlington market gardener and is the best obtainable ...... 
Cool and Crisp. Extra early, long, straight and slender, dark-green color 
Cumberland. The very best pickling sort. 
Davis Perfect. (New.) Splendid variety, dark green, 10 to 12 inches long 
Early duster. Grows in clusters. Bluish-green color ...... 
Early Frame. Medium size. Valuable for both table and pickling . . . . 
Early Russian. The earliest variety. About four inches long . . . . . 
Everbearing. Medium size, early and productive ....... 
Evergreen. Without an equal, quantity and quality considered . 
Giant Pera. VeYy long, one of the best . .. 
Japanese Climbing. Productive, fine quality. Excellent climbing vine 
Long Green improved. Late, about 12 inches long, tender and of excellent flavor . 
Nichols 9 Medium Green. A most desirable table sort. 
Tailby f s Hybrid. A cross between W hite Spine and an English frame sort 
West India Gherkin. A short green oval for pickling. 
White Spine, Improved. A handsome early variety of uniform size and quality 
White Spine, Arlington. A fine strain. It is used both for forcing and outdoor cultivation 
White Pearl. The best white sort, early and productive ...... 
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English Frame Varieties. 
These are mostly grown by private gardeners. They attain a length of 
inches, and are of fine quality. 
from 12 to 3c 
American Improved Dandelion, 
Tender and True. Blue Gown. The Rochford. Each per 
pkt. 25 cts. 
Dandelion. 
German, Pardeblum. — French, Pisse-en-lit. — Spanish, Amargon. 
Sow seed in May or June, in drills half an inch deep and 12 
inches apart. Cultivate, to keep down the weeds during summer, 
and the following spring the leaves will be fit to cut. Upon the ap¬ 
proach of severe weather cover with litter, which should be removed 
early the following spring. Dandelion that has been blanched is much 
more tender and entirely lacks the bitter flavor of the plant matured 
in the open. The blanching is accomplished by placing two boards 
inverted V-shape over the rows. One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill 
One pouiid will sow an acre. 
Pkt. Oz. y 4 lb. Lb. 
American Improved. Large, fleshy leaves.$0.10 $0.50 $1.75 $6.00 
French Garden .05 -20 .70 2.25 
Thick-Leaved French. Large and tender.10 * 4 ° L2 5 4 °° 
Egg-Plant. 
German, Eierpflanze. — French, Aubergine. — Spanish, Berengena. 
(For price of Plants, see Vegetable Plants.) 
Sow in hot-bed early in spring, and transplant when two inches high into another bed or small pots. Plant out 
three feet apart when weather is perfectly settled and warm. Keep the plants watered for a few days after transplant¬ 
ing until they begin to show signs of being established. One ounce will produce about 1,000 plants. ^ 
Black Pekin. Early, fruit jet black, round in form and very solid 
EaHy Long Purple. Differing in shape from the foregoing; hardy and productive 
New York Improved. The leading market variety; excellent and very productive 
White Pearl, A large white fruited variety; ornamental and useful . 
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