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Tfi c 1^' s * p I o r a I * Gf u i d e. 
LONG FOREIGN CUCUMBER. 
As long as fruit for the table is desired, do not allow 
any to go to seed, as this impairs the fruiting of the vine. 
Two specimens allowed to form seed will do more harm 
than two dozen for the table or pickling. Some of the 
smaller kinds are usually preferred for pickling, but Long 
Green is excellent for this purpose when young, and 
some pickling houses use White Spine exclusively. 
AMERICAN VARIETIES. 
Cucumber, Early Russian, very early, hardy 
and productive; small, growing in pairs; see 
engraving,; perlb. $i.oo; peroz. iocents, . . 
Early Netted Russian, new, and very promis¬ 
ing. 
Early Green Cluster, next in earliness to the 
Russian: small, prickly, in clusters, produc¬ 
tive ; per lb. $i.oo; per oz. io cents,. 
Early Frame, a good variety for pickling and 
table, of medium size ; per lb. $z.oo; oz. io cts., 
Early White Spine, an excellent variety for 
table ; very pretty and a great bearer ; a favor¬ 
ite with market growers ; lb. j»i.oo ; oz. io cts., 
Boston Pickling, an early, very productive sort, 
of good quality ; per lb. $i.oo; oz. io cents, . . 
Green Prolific, one of the best of the pickling 
sorts; very prolific: perlb. $i.oo; oz. io, . . 
Improved Long Green, a very fine long fruit of 
excellent quality ; per lb. $1.25 ; oz. 15 cents, . 
FOREIGN VARIETIES. 
Cucumber, Long Green Southgate, a fine 
old hardy English sort; per oz. 50 cents, ... 15 
Chinese Long Green, long, productive and hardy 15 
Stockwood, fine, hardy, standard sort, .... 15 
Giant of Arnstadt, one of the finest, good bearer, 25 
Rollisson’s Telegraph, one of the best, ... 25 
General Grant, new and excellent, . 25 
Carter’s Champion, a fine winter variety, . . 25 
Carter’s Model, fine for house or frame culture ; 
very prolific ; keeps in bearing a long time, . . 25 
GHERKIN. 
10 The Gherkin is 
i not a Cucumber 
i proper, but a little, 
5 i rough, prickly fruit, 
that grows on a pret- 
5 ty vine, with leaves 
something like the 
Watermelon. Tt is 
5 liked for pickling, 
and is known as the 
5 West India Gherkin. 
What dealers call 
5 Gherkins are only 
small Cucumbers. 
S Gherkin, true West India Seed ; per oz. 30 cts., . 10 
