ROY/.I, OSBORNE CUCUMBER. 
A VALUABLE NEW CUCUMBER RAISE) AT THE ROYAL GARDENS, OSBORNE. 
CAN BE GROWN FOR TA|_E ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 
icsr AWARDED FIRST PRIZE ROYAL CALEDONIAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIE'Y’S EXHIBITION, SEPTEMBER, 1899, BEATING SIXTEEN COMPETITORS. 
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TEN PRIZES REPORTED IN 1900. 
A VALUABLE CROSS BETWEEN THE IOCHFORD AND IMPROVED TELEGRAPH. --- 
THIS HANDSOME CUCUMBER WAS RAISED BY MR. GEORGE NOBBS, HEAD GARDENER TC 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 variities, 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 opinim it is one of the best of the medium-sized table cucumbers raised in recent years, and is largely 
grown for the Royal Table. Please read the important testimony below. 
In sealed packets, price j!s. 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 Es: 
OSBORNE. - This variety, grown for tii 
sort, perfectly smooth and bright, a 
June 3, 1899. 
iblishment says:—“CUCUMBER ROYAL 
: first time, is a handsome free-cropping 
id fresh in colour.”—From The Garden, 
\ 
“I like Carters' Royal Osborne Cucumber, 
quality.” 
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.—1901. 
