THE BEST GARDENERS MUST HAVE GOOD SEED 
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CUCUMBER 
Origin not positively known but thought to be in India. Four Ozs. of Seed Will Plant 100 Yds. of 
Hills. Plant Four Lbs. to the Acre. A Good Crop Cannot be Grown on Thin Soil. Seed breaks 
ground in 6 days. One inch high in 9 days under most favorable circumstances in greenhouse. 
I'or early use plant in hills 4x4 feet apart, on a warm border, when the Cherry is in bloom or when danger 
of frost is past. For pickles plant early in August to get 2 to 3 inch fruit in late September. 
Among many people the phrase white spine is not understood. The spines on the cucumber are of 
two kinds, white and black. They have nothing to do with the outside color of the cucumber for they are 
simply the little prickly white or black projections on the skin of the fruit. 
A good crop of Cucumbers, when gathered of pickling size, produces from 100 to 174 bushels to the 
acre. A bushel contains about 300 pickles. The pickles should be slipped from the vine by the thumb and 
linger without raising or disturbing the vine. 
Pickles properly prepared will keep five or six years. The method of salting pickles as pursued in New 
.lersey is as follows: To a cask of 120 gallons capacity, take 4 quarts of salt, and mix in 2 gallons of water. 
Place the solution in the bottom of the cask and put in the green pickles after washing. To each 2 bushels 
of pickles put into the cask, add 4 quarts of salt mixed in 2 gallons of water and continue until cask is full. 
Place the head on the cask with edges trimmed off to permit of a rise and fall on the top of the pickles, and 
on the top of the head or lid place a weight of 20 to 25 pounds. If there should be any evaporation of the 
liquor, replace it by a solution of 4 quarts of salt to 2 gallons of water, keeping all the pickles submerged; 
salt should not be stinted. 
Always Green, It Stays Green, or Black Dia¬ 
mond—66 Days. One of the greenest and earliest 
of the Long White Spine Varieties. Hardy, large 
fruited, excellent shape, and is uniform from end to 
end. Of extended or long drawn out period of 
j)icking and of very favorable reputation among 
Market Gardeners. Always to be picked out in a 
competitive trial as one of the best. Used most 
extensively in Florida to ship North. 
Pkt. 6c oz. 16c i lb. 46c lb. $1.40 
Arlington White Spine—66 Days. A cucumber 
that for years was the standard of perfection of 
White Spine types. It is grown extensively by 
market gardeners and is equally desirable as a 
family garden sort. Fruit long, slim and attractive, 
thicker than Early Fortune, same diameter all over, 
and rather chunkv in appearance. 
Pkt. 6c oz. 16c i lb. 46c lb. $1.40 
A & C —60 Days. Spines white. A new intro¬ 
duction, probably a selection from Longfellow. 
Vhnes healthy, robust and resistant to disease, 
producing cucumbers about ten inches long, not 
quite so large in diameter as Early Fortune or New 
Hybrid. Has met with universal satisfaction where 
planted. We believe it a coming cucumber. 
Pkt. 6c oz. 26c i lb. 70c lb. $2.26 
Boston Pickle —68 Davs. A very productive 
variety; robust in growth; dark green, paling to 
light green at tip. Warty and black spined. 
Pkt. 6 oz. 16 i lb. 46 lb. 1.40 
Chicago Pickle—68 Days. Sometimes called 
Westerfield Pickle. Vine vigorous, fohage broad. 
Fruit rounded form, choice green color with smooth 
skin, few spines. We can recommend this variety 
as being the most desirable, the sturdiest and 
hardiest of all pickles. 
Pkt. 6c oz. 16c j lb. 46c lb. $1.40 
Davis Perfect—70 Days. Here we have a Cu¬ 
cumber of intensely dark green skin but a shy pro¬ 
ducer of seeds. Flesh very white. Fine for slicing. 
A most desirable variety for both family and market 
garden cultivation. Always dark green, smooth 
skin. 9 to 10 inches long, tapering to both ends. It 
more closely resembles a hothouse variety than any 
other. Pkt. 6c oz. 16c J lb. 46c lb. $1.60 
Early Cluster—62 Days. An early sort. Fruit 
borne in clusters of two or three, from which it gets 
its name. The fruit is short, bright green, crisp and 
tender. Is good for slicing as well as pickling. 
Pkt. 6c oz. 16c i lb. 46c lb. $1.40 
Early Fortune—64 Days. An early, long, slim, 
well-shaped, white spine, of a deep green color, 
retaining green color longer than most other sorts. 
Fruit about 8 inches. Very productive. The 
quality sold by Landreth is not surpassed by any 
other Cucumber bearing this name. Very choice 
and popular as a long distance shipper. One of the 
best; plant with the utmost confidence. 
Pkt. 6c oz. 16c I lb. 46c lb. $1.60 
Jersey Pickle—66 Days. A short black-spined, 
productive sort, having the reputation of ripening 
better than any other variety and of holding its 
color. Early Spring sowing will develop fruit of 
pickling size 2 to 3 inches, in 50 days. Good green 
color at stem, and paling to Light yellowish green 
at tip. Pkt. 6c oz. 16c j Id. 46c lb. $1.40 
