Mountain Crowing Breeds Early Maturity and Strong Vitality 
21 
WHITE SPINE VARIETIES—Continued. 
474 Longfellow. (70 days.) An ideal type for 
the private garden or market gardener selling 
to a critical trade. A long, slender, dark green 
variety, suitable for outdoor culture or for 
greenhouse forcing. Firm, white flesh, few 
seeds and superb quality for slicing. Vines are 
vigorous and plants do well in any good soil. 
Length 12 inches. Pkt, 10c; oz, 20c; V4 lb, 50c; 
lb, $1.50, postpaid. 
471 Mountain Perfection. (75 days.) The longest 
of all varieties and has an attractive dark green 
color. Retains its color and remains in good 
edible condition for a remarkably long time. 
The vines are prolific for such a large variety. 
Mountain perfection has a small seed cavity and 
very few seeds. This variety requires a rich 
or well fertilized soil. Pkt, 10c; oz, 20c; V4 lb, 
50c; lb, $1.50, postpaid. 
The three varieties of cucumbers offered in 
this collection would be our choice: Ward’s 
Dark Green for early slicing; Davis Perfect for 
later slicing; Chicago Pickling for small pickles 
or dills. WARD’S DARK GREEN, DAVIS 
PERFECT, CHICAGO PICKLING. 
Regrular 
Collection 
Pi’ice 
Price 
Collection 
No. 813. 
1 pkt. 
each 
of above 
varieties 
.$0.20 
$0.15 
Collection 
No. 819. 
1 oz. 
each 
of above 
vax’ieties. 
.40 
.30 
Collection 
No. 820. 
Vi lb. 
each 
of above 
varieties. 
. 1.15 
1.00 
All the above prices postpaid. 
Sales tax must be allowed by all Colox’ado 
customers. 
Prolific Gem. 
Black Spine Varieties 
These are used mainly for pickling as they make fine, 
solid pickles that keep in excellent condition. The 
longer varieties are also used for slicing. Black Spine 
types are not suitable for shipping, as they do not hold 
solid long after picking. 
477 Improved Long Green. (65 days.) The standard 
home garden, slicing and pickling type. Prolific, hardy 
and disease resistant. Beautiful long Cucumbers con¬ 
tain very few seeds. The small pickles are very well 
shaped, used both for small pickles and for dill pickles. 
Length 13 inches. Pkt, 5c; oz, 15c; % lb, 40c; lb, $1.15, 
postpaid. 
486 Japanese Climbing. (60 days.) A distinct type used 
for covering fences and trellises. Vigorous grower. 
Good quality. Length 9 inches. Pkt, 5c; oz, 15c; V4 
lb, 45c; lb, $1.35, postpaid. 
462 Snow’s Perfection Pickling. The ideal square-ended 
small pickier, widely used by the best pickle houses. 
Early maturing and very prolific, very small, dark 
green, uniformly even in diameter from end to end, 
both ends blunt. Pkt, 10c; oz, 15c; V4 lb, 40c; lb, $1.15, 
postpaid. 
465 Chicago Pickling, Westerfield. (60 days.) Very 
uniform type. Grows large enough to use for dill 
pickles. Pkt, 5c; oz, 10c; V4 lb, 35c; lb, $1.00, postpaid. 
466 Early Cluster. (55 days.) A prolific Cucumber, 
setting the fruits in clusters of two or three. Pkt, 
5c; oz, 10c; V4 lb, 35c; lb, $1.00, postpaid. 
467 Prolific Gem Pickling. (50 days.) The heaviest 
yielder of all the picklers. Crisp Cucumber, slender 
in form and tapering at both ends. Smooth, bright 
green skin. Grow to a medium size. Pkt, 10c; oz, 15c; 
V4 lb, 40c; lb, $1.15, postpaid. 
464 Boston Pickling. (55 days.) Early and productive. 
Short, fairly smooth Cucumbers of very symmetrical 
shape. Pkt, 5c; oz, 10c; V4 lb, 35c; lb, $1.00, postpaid. . 
Not prepaid, 5 lbs, $4.70. 
Chicago Pickling Cucumbers. 
472 Everbearing’. (70 days.) If fruits are kept gathered, the vines will continue to bear through the sea¬ 
son. A fine variety for small pickles. Pkt, 5c; oz, 10c; % lb, 35c; lb, $1.00, postpaid. 
463 West India Gherkin. (60 days.) A very prolific small fruited variety, used exclusively for pickling. 
Flesh pure white, skin a bright light green and covered with small elastic spines. Pkt, 10c; oz, 15c; 
V4 lb, 40c; lb, $1.15, postpaid. 
489 Ward’s Lemon Cucumber. (70 days.) Small fruits similar in shape and color to the lemon. Excel¬ 
lent for pickling or salads as it has a very delicate flavor which never becomes bitter. Also used 
for slicing just as the fruits are beginning to turn yellow. For pickling they can be used either green or 
ripe. Pkt, 10c; oz, 15c; 14 lb, 35c; lb, $1.00, postpaid. 
Would you 
like a better 
garden? 
Plant Moun¬ 
tain Grown 
Seed 
Everbearing Cucumber. 
Ward’s Lemon Cucumber. 
