CUCUMBERS 
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. One ounce for fifty hills; two pounds per acre when planted in hills.. 
Packet, 5 cents; ounce, io cents; pound, 35 cents; pound, J1.25 ; except as noted. 
Vick’s Early 
Perfection 
White Spine 
V nr ir tiled in Size, Shape, Color anti 
JProil- ncti eeness 
It excels in curliness, and is one of the best for either the 
home garden or forcing; also extensively grown for 
pickles. 1 his most valuable strain is grown from 
stock seed produced on our own farm, our selections 
being made from the choicest and most perfect fruits 
only. Packet 10 cts.; oz. 20 cts.; lb., $1.50. 
VICK'S EARLY* PERFECTION WHITE SPINE 
Improved Early White Spine 
Very .popular in all sections of the country. Flesh tender and crisp; uni- I 
lorm in size, straight and dark green with few white spines. 
C°ol and Crisp. A strain of the White Spine, but longer and more 
cylindrical. 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 ten¬ 
der, crisp, and of fine flavor. 
Gre< f n P , r ° lifi C 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. * j 
Improved LongGreen. 
length, of most 
A well know 11 
....... , — standard variety 
about twelve niches 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 i.« unsur¬ 
passed by any, being carefully selected from the best fruits. 
Chicago or Westerfield PicKliivg. a variety 
much esteemed above all others by Chicago market gardeners, and grown 
extensively fur 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. 
The Howard 
A handsome and very produc¬ 
tive forcing variety, making 
fruit of the finest quality and 
shape, with exceedingly small 
seed cavity. It isalsoan extra 
fine open ground variety, com¬ 
bining the good qualities of Im¬ 
proved Long Green with the 
fine shape and color of the 
White Spine ; in fact it is a 
cross between these two excel¬ 
lent varieties, and is used 
for forcing by our Rochester 
market gardeners, on account 
of its earliness, size, and rich 
dark green color. Packet, 10 
cents ; % oz., 20 cents ; oz., 
35 cents ; % lb., $1.25. 
Early Frame or Short 
Green. An excellent sort both 
for table use and for pickling 
Fruit straight, handsome, smal¬ 
ler at each end, bright green 
flesh tender and crisp, and 
makes fine pickles. 
Thorburn’s Everbearing. 
Small size, very early, and 
enormously productive, and 
valuable as a green pickier. 11 
continues to flower and produce 
fruit until killed by frost, 
whether the cucumbers are 
picked off or not. Remarkably 
solid, with very few seeds, anil 
of fine quality. Invariably of 
perfect form, even when small. 
Packet, 5 cents; oz., 15 
cents ; lb., $1.25. 
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