CATALOGUE OF VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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Cucumber. 
German, Gurken . — French, Concombre .— Spanish, Pepino, 
White Spine Cucumber. 
X lb. 
cultivation 
English Frame Varieties . 
Lb. 
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 succes¬ 
sion. For pickles, plant during the last two weeks of June. One ounce will plant about jo hills. 
Pkt. Oz. 
Boston Pickling . Produces an abundant crop of short, dark green fruit 
Breck y s Forcing White Spine. This seed is raised from selected specimens by 
an Arlington market gardener and is the best obtainable 
Coot and Crisp. Extra early, long, straight and slender, dark green color 
Cumberland. The very best pickling sort ...... 
Davis Perfect. (New.) Splendid variety, dark green, io to 12 inches long 
Early Cluster. Grows in clusters. Bluish-green color .... 
Early Frame. Medium size. Valuable for both table and pickling 
Early Russian. The earliest variety. About 4 inches long . 
Everbearing. Medium size, early and productive ..... 
Evergreen . Without an equal, quantity and quality considered 
Giant Pera. Very 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 1 Medium Green. A most desirable table sort 
Tailby’s Hybrid. A cross between White Spine and an English frame sort 
West India Gherkin. A short green oval for pickling .... 
White Spine t Improved. A handsome early variety of uniform size and quality 
White Spine f Arlington. A fine strain. It is used both for forcing and outdoor 
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These are mostly grown bv private gardeners. They attain a length of from 12 to 30 inches, and are of fine quality. 
Tender and True. Blue down. 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 approach 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 pound will s<nu an acre. 
Pkt. Oz. X lb. Lb. 
American Improved. Large, fleshy leaves ........ $0.10 $0.50 $1.50 $5.00 
French Garden . . ..05 .20 .70 2.25 
Thick-Leaved French. Large and tender . . . . . . .10 .40 1.25 4.00 
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 trans¬ 
planting until they begin to show signs of being established. One ounce will produce about / y ooo plants. 
Pkt. Oz. X lb. Lb. 
Black Pekin. Early, fruit jet black, round in form and very solid . . . $0.10 $0.50 $1.50 $5 -00 
Early Long Purple. Differing in shape from the foregoing; hardy and productive .10 .25 .75 2.25 
New York Improved. The leading market variety ; excellent and very productive .10 .50 1.50 5.0c 
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