James Vick’s Sons, Seedmen, Rochester, N. Y. 
Vegetable Seeds 
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VicK’s Cucumbers — Continued 
Giant Pera. This is the smoothest and handsomest Cucumber grown. It 
is a selection of the Long Green type, fifteen to eighteen inches in length, 
straight, tender, crisp, of excellent flavor, and with no trace of bitterness. 
The seed cavity is very small, and the seeds slow to form. Packet, io cents; 
oz., 20 cents ; lb., $2.00. 
Chicago or Westerfielci PicRling. A vari¬ 
ety much esteemed above all others by Chicago market gardeners, and grown 
extensively for the large pickling establishments in that vicinity. Fruit 
medium length, pointed at each end, with large and prominent spines; color a 
deep green. It combines all the good qualities of an early Cucumber. 
- ww ^ A handsome and very productive forcing 
X il© nOWcxrtl variety, making fruit of the finest quality 
and shape, with exceedingly small seed cavity. It is also an extra fineopen- 
ground variety, combining the good qualities of Improved Long Green with 
the fine shape and color of the Arlington White Spine ; in fact it is a cross 
between these two excellent varieties, and is used largely for forcing by our 
Rochester market gardeners, on account of its earliness, size, and rich dark 
green color. The growth is strong, with a bright green healthy foliage. 
Packet, 10 cents ; y 2 oz., 25 cents; oz.,40 cents ; y lb., $1.25. 
Thorburn’s Everbearing. Small size, very early, and enormously pro¬ 
ductive, and valuable as a green pickier. It continues to flower and produce 
fruit until killed by frost, whether the cucumbers arc # picked off or not. 
Remarkably solid, with very few seeds, and of fine quality. Invariably of 
perfect form, even when small. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; lb., $1.25. 
Early Green Cluster. A short pale green variety. Fruit borne in clus¬ 
ters near the root; rather prickly ; containing few seeds. A very productive 
sort. 
Early Russian. Earliest and hardiest small Cucumber in cultivation, being 
only three to four inches long; thick and oval in shape, and produced in 
pairs. Solid, with few seeds. 
FOREIGN VARIETIES 
Japanese Climbing. A strong and vigorous grower; and while all Cucum¬ 
bers are running or creeping vines, this variety attains nearly twice the 
length of ordinary sorts, and can be {grown on trellises, fences, or poles. 
The fruits, from ten to twelve inches in length, are of excellent quality cither 
for slicing or pickling. Bears abundantly throughout the season. Packet, 
10 cents ; oz., 20 cents ; lb., $2.00. 
Rollison’s Telegraph. The very best ot all imported sorts; twenty-six 
to thirty inches long. Packet, 25 cents. 
Giant of Arnstadt. One of the finest; about two feet long ; very produc¬ 
tive. Packet, 25 cents. 
Noa’s Forcing. Most productive sort; thirty to thirty-six inches long. 
Packet, 25 cents. 
ENDIVE 
Endive is an excellent autumn and winter salad. Sow seed late in the spring 
or even as late as July, in shallow drills, fifteen inches apart, and when plants 
are strong, thin out to about a foot apart. To blanch, gather up the outer 
leaves over the center of the plant, and tie them together at their tips. Sow 
one ounce to 100 feet of drill. 
Packet, 5 cents; oz., 15 cents; lb., $1.25. 
MOSS Curled. Foliage very dense and beautifully fringed. 
Green Curled. The hardiest variety. Leaves dark green, finely cut; 
easily blanched to a fine white. 
White Curled. Foliage somewhat coarser than the Green Curled, moder¬ 
ately dense, pale green. 
Broad - Leaved Batavian. Leaves broad, thick, somewhat wrinkled. 
! VICK’S PERFECTION WHITE SPINE 2—IMPROVED LONG GREEN 
3—CHICAGO OR WESTERFIELD PICKLING 
EGG PLANT 
When well grown, and sliced and fried in batter, this is a most delicious vege¬ 
table, and should find a place in every garden. It is a tender plant, requiring 
a strong uniform heat, and should be started in the hotbed early to mature its 
fruit in the Northern States. Care is necessary at transplanting and in the 
earlier stages of growth to prevent the young plants being chilled, for if they 
receive the least check they never recover. Those who have no hotbeds can sow 
a few seeds in boxes in the house where a temperature of 75°can be maintained. 
Plant out early in June two and a half feet apart. Hand glasses arc useful for 
covering at time of transplanting. One ounce will produce about 1,500 plants. 
Black Beauty, A distinct new Egg Plant of most remarkable merit. The 
fruit is quite as large as Improved N. Y. Purple, and from ten days to two 
weeks earlier than that variety. It is very attractive in appearance, and of 
excellent flavor. Packet, 10 cents; oz., 25 cents; oz., 40 cents; 
y lb., $1.10; lb., $4.00. 
Improved New York Purple, Spineless. The standard for home 
use and market. Fruit very large, productive, and of the highest quality. 
Packet, 10 cts.; y 2 oz., 20 cents ; oz., 35 cents; y lb., $1.00; lb., $3.50. 
Early Long Purple. Eight or nine inches long. One of the earliest, 
and very productive. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 20 cents ; lb., $2.00. 
KOHL RABI 
Kohl Rabi is sown for general crop in the spring, like the Turnip, in drills ; 
or may be transplanted like Cabbage. For winter table use, sow middle of 
June. Gather when small and tender, as later it be comes tough and stringy. 
The stem, just above the surface of the ground, swells into a bulb something 
like a Turnip. One ounce will sow 200 feet of drill. 
Early White Vienna. Delicate; much prized for forcing. Packet, 
5 cents ; oz., 20 cents; lb., $2.00. 
Early Purple Vienna. Another forcing variety,similar to above except 
in color. Packet, 5 cents ; oz., 20 cents; lb., $2.00. 
Large Early White or Green. Used for feeding stock. Packet, 
5 cents ; oz., 15 cents ; lb., $1.50. 
HORSE RADISH 
Horse Radish is grown from pieces of the roots. Mark off rows two and a 
half feet apart,-in rich, moist, well prepared ground; set the pieces ol roots 
eighteen inches apart in the rows, the small end down, and the top one to 
I three inches below the surface. Cultivate thoroughly until the tops cover the 
! ground, when their shade will keep the weeds down. 
Small roots, 3 for 10 cents ; per dozen, 25 cents, postpaid. 
By freight or express at purchaser’s expense, 75 cents per 100. 
At prices quoted in this Catalogue, we prepay the 
Postage or Express charges, unless otherwise noted 
