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JAMP:S VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
CUCUMBER 
In this latitude it is useless to plant in 
the open ground until nearly the first of 
June. Make rich hills of well-rotted 
manure, two feet in diameter, and plant 
a dozen or more seeds, covering half an 
inch deep. When all danger from in¬ 
sects is over, pull all but three or four 
of the strongest plants. The middle of 
June is early enough to plant for pick¬ 
ling. Make the hills about six feet 
apart. For early Cucumbers, the hot¬ 
bed is necessary; but the simplest and 
surest way to produce a tolerably early 
crop of the best kinds is, where it is de¬ 
signed to place a hill, dig a hole about 
eighteen inches deep and three feet 
across; into this put a barrow of fresh 
manure, and cover with a small box-like 
frame, on the top of which place a 
couple of lights of glass. When the 
plants grow, keep the earth drawn up 
improved LONG GREEN. to the stems. Water and give air. 
“Where, grows? where grows it not? In vain our toil. 
We ought to blame the culture not the soil.’’—Pope. 
The Foreign Varieties are of fine quality and of wonderful size, 
often two feet in length, but they require a hot-bed to help'them along 
until the weather is warm. In Europe they are grown in glass houses. 
As long as fruit for the table is desired, do not allow any to go to seed, 
ns this impairs the fruiting of the vine. Two specimens allowed to form 
seed will do more harm than two dozen for the table 
or pickling. Some of the smaller kinds are usually 
preferable for pickling, but Long Green is excellent 
for this purpose when young, and some pickling 
houses use White Spine exclusively. 
AMERICAN VARIETIES. 
Cucumber, Ea rly Wh ite Spi ne, an ex¬ 
cellent variety for table; very pretty and a 
great bearer; a favorite with market grow¬ 
ers ; per lb., DO cents; oz., 10 cents.. 5 
C h ica go Pi c kI i n g. A new variety, exclu¬ 
sively used by the Chicago picklers. Very 
prolific, and a profitable sort for this pur¬ 
pose; per lb., $1.00; oz., 15 cents. 5 
1 mproved Long Green, a very fine long 
fruit ot excellent quality; per lb., 90 cents; early white 
oz., 10 cents . 5 spine. 
Vick s Ea rly C h i n ese. This variety of Cucumber wo secured 
from China live years ago, and we have grown and tested it with 
other varieties on our trial grounds every year since. It has 
proved to be two weeks earlier than other varieties, splendid 
quality, from one to two feet long. Color, light green, turning 
to creamy white when ripe. Smooth skin, few spines. Being 
very solid, it produces few seeds. Though not over productive, 
its extreme earliness and fine quality places it at the head of the 
list of Cucumbers. It can be used on the table from the time it 
is a few inches long till it ripens. Every lover of this vegetable 
should try a packet of this seed. 15 
EARLY GREEN 
CLUSTER. 
OTHER STANDARD VARIETIES. 
Early Russian, Early Green Cluster, 
Early Frame, Boston Pickling, 
Cleveland Pickling, Tliorburn’s Everbearing, 
Nichols’ Medium Green. 
90 cents per lb.; 10 cents per oz.; 5 cents per pkg. 
FOREIGN VARIETIES. 
Sucumber, Long Green Southgate, 
a fine, old, hardy English sort; per oz., 50 cts. 15 
Chinese Long Green, long, productive 
and hardy . 15 
Giant of Arnstadt, one of the finest; 
good bearer . 25 
*Rollisson’s Telegraph, one of the best, 25 
Carter’s Champion, a fine winter va¬ 
riety . 25 
Carter’s Model, fine for house and frame 
culture; very prolific; keeps in bearing a 
long time.. 25 
GHERKIN 
The Gherkin is not a Cucumber proper, but a little, rough, prickly 
fruit, that grows on a pretty vine, with leaves something like a Water¬ 
melon. It is liked for pickling, and is known as the West India Gherkin. 
W hat dealers call Gherkins are only small Cucumbers. 
Gherkin, true West India; per oz., 25 cents. 10 
GARLIC. 
The Garlic is the most pungent of all the Oniom 
family. It is much used in the South of Europe. 
The root or bulb is composed of many small bulbs, 
called “cloves,” which are planted in the spring six 
or eight inches apart, and in August the tops will 
die, when the bulbs are ready to gather. They do 
best in a light rich soil. 
Garlic, per lb . 30 
HORSE RADISH. 
The best way to grow Horse Radish is from the little roots four or five 
inches in length, and not from the crowns. These small roots will pro¬ 
duce good Radish fit for use in one season’s growth. Plant the set small 
end down, where the slanting cut is, and so that the top will be two inches 
under the soil. It can remain in the ground till late in the autumn, and 
be pitted, or a portion can remain in the ground until spring. A dozen 
roots will give all that will be needed for family uses for a life time, for 
it constantly increases and the danger is that it will spread too fast and 
become troublesome. It is best, therefore, to plant it in some corner of 
the garden, where it can grow without injuring anything. 
Roots, per 100, $1.00; per dozen. . 25 
KOHL RABI 
Fohl Rabi is sown for a general crop in 
the spring, like the Turnip, in drills; or 
may be transplanted like Cabbage. For 
winter table use, sow middle of June. The 
stem, just above the surface of the ground, 
swells into a bulb something like a Turnip, 
as seen in the engraving. It is cooked like 
the Turnip, and is highly prized for stock, 
in Europe, as a substitute for Turnips. It 
will bear drought better, and therefore a 
crop is more certain. 
Kohl "Rabi, Early White Vienna, delicate, much prized 
for forcing; per lb., $3.00; oz., 30 cents .. 10 
Early Purple Vienna, another forcing variety, similar to 
above except in color; per lb., $3.00; oz., 30 cents. 10 
Large Early White or Green, fine and tender for table; 
per lb., $1.50; oz., 15 cents. 5 
LEEK 
Seed is generally 
sown in the spring 
in a seed-bed, and 
young plants trans- 
Planted July 1st. 
The Leek is prized 
for so ups, and is 
thought for this 
purpose to be su¬ 
perior to the Onion. 
Leek, Broad 
Flag, per 
lb., $1.25; per 
oz., 15 cents.. 5 
Mussel- 
b u r g , per 
lb., $2.25; oz., 
25 cents.10 
