ROYAL OSBORNE CUCUMBER. 
A VALUABLE NEW CUCUMBER RAISED AT THE ROYAL GARDENS, OSBORNE. 
CAN BE GROWN FOR TABLE ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 
AWARDED FIRST PRIZE ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S EXHIBITION, SEPTEMBER, 1899, BEATING SIXTEEN COMPETITORS. 
Photographed from Nature and Copyrighted by J. C. &Co. A VALUABLE CROSS BETWEEN THE ROCHFORD AND IMPROVED TELEGRAPH. 
THIS HANDSOME CUCUMBER WAS RAISED BY MR. GEORGE NOBBS, HEAD GARDENER TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, AT OSBORNE. It is a cross between the Rochford and an improved 
type of the well-known Telegraph. Embodying the very best points of both these popular varieties, we regard it as an important advance likely to be valued by the profession generally. It is 
a very quick and free grower, wonderfully prolific, and can be grown for table all the year round. The fruits are quite models in form, and carry a bright, dark, olive green coat, with a surface 
almost devoid of spines and flutings. It averages in length from 15 to 25 inches. In our opinion it is one of the best of the medium-sized table cucumbers raised in recent years, and is largely 
grown for the Royal Table. Our stock has again been grown for us by the raiser, but as it is a very shy seeder the supply is limited. Please read the important testimony below. 
In sealed packets, price !2s. 6d. and 3s. 6d. each. 
“I have been cutting some magnificent Cucumbers from the seed of Royal 
Osborne. This will in my opinion be one of the finest varieties for exhibition.” 
Mr. H. WALTERS, The Gardens, Eastwell Park. 
“Carters’ Royal Osborne Cucumber is one of the best I have ever grown.” 
Mr. W. OLIVER, Head Gardener to Lady Grant-Duff. 
The Head Gardener at a Royal Eslablishment says CUCUMBER ROYAL 
OSBORNE.—This variety, grown for the first time, is a handsome free-cropping 
sort, perfectly smooth and bright, ^,ad fresh in colour.”—From The Garden, 
June 3, 1899. 
“I like Carters' Royal Osborne Cucumber, 
auality.” 
It is a heavy cropper, and fine 
H. A. HITCHIN. 
“CUCUMBER, ROYAL OSBORNE.—This new Cucumber, sent out this season, 
was raised in the Royal Gardens, Osborne, and is a magnificent variety. It is all 
that the raiser claims for it —large, handsome, and free fruiting. It is stated to be 
a cross between those excellent varieties the Rochford and Improved Telegraph. 
I have cut several fruit from twenty to twenty-four inches long, all perfect 
specimens, and of the finest flavour. The Royal Osborne will make one of the best 
Cucumbers for exhibition.” 
W. A. COOK, Compton Bassett, in the Gardeners' Magazine, June 3, 1899. 
CARTERS'. 237, 238, & 97, HIGH HOLBORN, LONDON. 1900. 
