TESTED VEGETABLE SEEDS 
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CUCUMBER 
Gurken. 
Culture —Plant in hills four feet apart, in well pre¬ 
pared, warm, rich, loamy soil. Mix a shovelful of well 
rotted manure in each hill. The fruit should be picked 
when large enough, whether wanted or not. 
DAVIS’ PERFECT. Unequalled either for forcing 
or outdoor culture. It is ideal in shape, rich, dark 
green color, uniform and regular in size, with an aver¬ 
age length of 10 to 12 inches. It is a strong, rapid 
grower, exceedingly productive and the fruit retains 
its quality and brittleness long after cutting, making 
it a splendid shipper. 68 days. 
KLONDIKE. A white spined variety that is ex¬ 
cellent for slicing. The vines are hardy and good 
yielders. The fruit is dark green in color, slightly 
striped at the ends and about 7 inches in length and 
2 inches in thickness when ready for use. The green 
color is retained; even during hot weather. 63 days. 
LONGFELLOW. (New). An excellent, long, slender, 
dark green variety equally desirable for greenhouse 
forcing or outdoor culture, and an ideal type for the 
private garden or as a “straight pack’’ variety for 
shipment to market. It measures 12 to 14 inches long 
by 2 1 /j> inches in diameter. A good healthy grower, 
very productive, and is fairly early. Pkt. 5c; y 2 oz. 
20c; oz. 30c; y 4 lb. 85c; lb. $2.90. 
Concumbre. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING. This variety can be grown 
on poles or trellises. 8 to 9 inches long. 60 days. 
CHICAGO PICKLING. The variety used almost 
exclusively by the Chicago pickle factories. The best 
for market, also for home use. 6V 2 inches long. 59 days 
SNOW’S PICKLING. This is a selection made 
originally from the “Chicago Pickle’’ by a veteran 
pickle groAver in the west. The type is shorter when 
ripe than the Chicago Pickle and is broad at the stem 
end, tapering slightly to the tip. The small pickles, 
although quite similar to the Chicago Pickle, have an 
additional value Avhere blight prevails. The fruit being 
smaller, the blight does not sap the strength of the 
vine to the detriment of a crop. We offer a strain of 
most carefully selected seeds from fields inspected by 
us and under our own direct supervision. 2 V 2 inches 
long. 56 days. 
COOL AND CRISP. The skin is very dark green, 
almost black, and covered with knobs. 
EARLY RUSSIAN. The earliest of all varieties; 
makes a fine pickle; can be used for slicing in the early 
summer. 4 inches long. 54 days. 
EARLY CLUSTER. A good pickling variety. It 
grows in clusters. Fruit very uniform and choice. 2V 2 
inches long. 59 days. 
Improved Long Green 
IMPROVED EXTRA EARLY WHITE SPINE. This 
is a favorite variety, producing fruit from six to eight 
inches in length and two to three inches in diameter, 
of a handsome deep green; flesh, crisp and of fine 
flavor. 60 days. 
CUMBERLAND. A neAV and distinct variety. The 
fruits are large, symmetrical, dark green, covered Avith 
innumerable small, Avhite spines, and are of prime 
quality for slicing. The vine is vigorous, Avonderfully 
prolific and continues in bearing much longer than most 
sorts. 
FORDHOOK FAMOUS. The fruits are abundant, 
perfectly smooth and very dark green, 12 to 18 inches 
long. They are always straight, never turn yellow and 
are very solid. The flesh is Avhite, firm and crisp, con¬ 
taining comparatively feAV seeds. 60 days. 
EARLY FRAME, OR SHORT GREEN. One of the 
standard pickling kind, shape uniform, short and some¬ 
what thick. 
BOSTON PICKLING. One of the most prolific of 
the pickling sorts. We recommend it highly for the 
home garden. 2 1 / 2 inches long. 58 days. 
GREEN PROLIFIC. Enormously productive, crisp 
and tender. One of the finest for pickles. 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN. Produced by selec¬ 
tions from the Long Green vines; vigorous and pro¬ 
ductive, forming fruit fit for the table nearly as early 
as the shorter sorts; fruit about 12 inches long, firm 
and crisp. The young fruit makes excellent pickles and 
Avhen ripe is best for SAveet pickles. We offer a care¬ 
fully selected strain, uniformly long and of good form, 
Avith the large Avarts and spines Avell distributed over 
the surface instead of being clustered at one end, as in 
inferior stock. 70 days. 
Cucumber: Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c. 
