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I N this latitude it is useless to plant in open ground until nearly the first of June. Make hills two feet in diameter and about six feet 
apart, and enrich them with well-rotted manure. Plant a dozen or more seeds, covering half an inch deep. When all danger from 
insects is over, pull all but three or four of the strongest plants. The middle of June is early enough to plant for pickling. For early 
Cucumbers the hotbed is necessary; but the simplest and surest way to produce a tolerably early crop of the' best kinds is to dig a hole 
about eighteen inches deep and three feet across; into this put a barrow of manure, and cover with a small box-like frame, on the top 
of which place a couple of lights of glass. These places can be prepared about five or six feet apart. Keep the earth drawn up to 
the stems. Water and give air. Use one ounce for fifty hills, and two pounds per acre when planted in hills. 
Vick’s 
Lemon 
Cucumber 
VicK’s Perfection White Spine 
Unrivaled in Shape, Size, 
Color and Productiveness 
This most valuable strain is grown from stock seed produced on our own farm 
at Despatch, our selections being made from only the choicest and most 
perfect fruits. It excels in earliness, no other strain of the many varieties we 
have tested being equal to it. For forcing it is preferred to all others, except, 
perhaps, the forcing sorts; while for small pickles it is the very best White 
Spine Cucumber in cultivation. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; lb., $1.25. 
Improved Early White Spine, a well-known standard variety, 
very popular in all sections of the country. One of the best for the table. 
Flesh tender and crisp. Fruit uniform in size, straight and dark green, with 
few white spines. 
Cool and Crisp. a strain of the White Spine, but longer and more cylin¬ 
drical. Very early and exceedingly prolific. While it is esteemed most 
highly as a pickling sort, it is one of the very best for slicing, being tender, 
crisp, and of fine flavor. 
Green Prolific or Boston Pickling, a distinct variety. A favorite 
with pickle growers and commercial gardeners, and good for table use. 
Quite productive. Fruit small, uniform in size. 
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Packet, 5 cents; oz., 10 cents ; lb., $1.00; except as noted. 
A new and entirely distinct type. 
Tender, Sweet, Crisp. 
Many of the seedsmen of this country and 
Europe, who have tested its good qualities,, 
are offering it. If you are fond of cucumbers, 
and want one that will almost melt in the 
mouth, try our new Lemon. 
Our illustration is a good representation of 
the fruits. They are nearly round, with the 
yellow and green markings and smooth skin of the Lemon, while the flesh is 
exceedingly tender and crisp, with a sweet flavor surpassing all other Cucum¬ 
bers. They have none of the bitter or acrid taste so generally found in 
Cucumbers. For slicing they excel. For pickling, ripe or green, one of the 
best and most attractive on account of their quaint form. They can also be 
used for Mangoes, the same as small Melons They may be served green or 
just as they are turning yellow. Size from two and a half to three inches in 
diameter, just right for one portion. Packet, 10 cents ; oz., 25 cents. 
Improved Long Green. 
about twelve inches in length, of most excellent quality, and when young 
makes the best of pickles. When ripe it is the best of any for sweet pickles. 
Vines vigorous and very productive. Our strain of this valuable sort is unsur¬ 
passed by any. Packet, 5 cents; oz., 15 cents ; lb., $1.25. 
Vick s Early Chinese. A variety of Cucumber remarkable for earliness, 
being two weeks earlier than other varieties. It is from one to two feet long, 
and of splendid quality. Color light green, turning to creamy white when 
ripe. Sold in Packets only, 10 cents. 
Early Frame or Short Green. An excellent sort both for table use 
and for pickling. Fruit straight, handsome, smaller at each end, bright green; 
flesh tender and crisp, and makes fine pickles. 
The Foreign Varieties are of fine quality and of wonderful size, two 
feet or more in length, hut they require a hotbed to help them along until 
the weather is warm. 
LEMON 
CUCUMBER 
