Catalogue of Vegetable Seeds. 
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BOSTON PICKLING CUCUMBER. 
CUCUMBER. 
The cucumber is a tender annual, and therefore should not be planted or 
set out in the open air until there is a prospect of continued warm and pleas¬ 
ant weather. Cucumbers succeed in warm, moist, rich, loamy ground. The 
hills should be four or live feet apart in each direction. When all danger 
from insects is passed, leave but three or four of the strongest plants in the 
hill. 
One ounce to fifty hills. 
Pkt. Oz. 441b. Lb. 
Early Russian. The earliest variety.05 .10 .25 .75 
Early Frame. An early standard variety; about 
five inches long.05 .10 .25 .65 
Improved White Spine. Superior for table use, 
very productive, medium size, straight and well 
formed, a favorite market variety...05 .10 .25 .65 
Early Green Cluster. Grows in clusters, early and 
productive .05 10 .25 .65 
Short Green. Similar to Early Frame. .05 .10 .25 .65 
Nichol’s Medium Green. A very fine table sort. 
The vines are vigorous and productive ....05 .10 .25 .75 
Long Green. Long and crisp; a popular and reliable 
variety for pickles.... .05 .10 .25 .65 
Boston Pickling'. The finest variety to grow for 
pickles; yields large crops of short, straight, dark 
green pickles. 05 .10 .25 .65 
West India Gherkin. Very small, burr; used for 
pickles. 05 .20 .60 $2 00 
DANDELION. 
The Dandelion resembles Endive, and affords one of the earliest, as well as 
one of the most healthful of spring greens. Sow as early as the weather will 
permit, in good, well-enriched soil, in rows twelve inches apart covering seed 
one-fourth of an inch deep, the earth firmly pressed over the seed. One ounce 
to one hundred feet of drill. 
Pkt. Oz. 1/4 lb ‘ Lb- 
Improved Thick-Leaved. The best variety..05 .35 $1.00 $4,00 
EGG PLANT. 
The EggPlant will thrive well in any good garden soil. Sow in the hot-bed 
and. when two or three inches high, prick out into pots or rows, two and » ne- 
half to three inches apart. When the weather will permit, transplant into 
good, rich soil, thirty inches apart each way. ^ 
New York Improved Purple. The leading market variety; 
very productive.... -65 -50 
Early Long Purple. Hardy and productive.65 .30 
White. Choice, for ornamental use . 05 .30 
