Slate Seed Co. ( Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 
9 
Slate's Extra Early White Spine Cucumber 
1(55— SLATE’S EXTRA EARLY WHITE SPINE. 
One of the earliest and best cucumbers in cultivation. 
Our strain has been bred and perfected to meet the 
exacting needs of market growers and is now used by 
some of the most critical. Its uniformity, appearance, 
and good quality recommend it just as highly to the 
home grower as to tlie man who grows for market. 
The fruit is from medium size to large, uniform 
shape, a clear green color shading to a light spot at 
the tip, and matures along with the earliest. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, V\ lb. 30c. lb. 90c, postpaid. 
168— DAVIS PERFECT. —This cucumlter is old 
and reliable. It seems to hold friends among both the 
home and market gardeners. It is noted for the per¬ 
fect fruit it produces. The fruit is long, rather 
slender, of a beautiful deep green color, and has few 
seed. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 14 lb. 30c, lb. 90c, postpaid. 
172— IMPROVED LONG GREEN.— This is an old 
sort but still the most popular cucumber in cultiva¬ 
tion. It makes an ideal sort for cutting up for pickles 
or for slicing and no other variety offers the big yield 
of enormous fruit that this does. The fruit is from 
ten to fifteen inches long, lias a deep green color, and 
crisp, tender flesh. It is rather late in maturing but 
its yield and fine fruit readily offset this disadvan¬ 
tage. Every home gardener should make at least one 
planting of this grand variety. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10, *4 lb. 30. lb. $1.00. postpaid. 
171— CHICAGO PICKLING. — A standard late 
variety which combines all the qualities which go to 
make up an ideal pickling cucumber. The vines are 
hardy and very productive. r l he fruit runs from small 
to medium size, and can often be pickled whole. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 14 lb. 30c. lb. 90c, postpaid. 
174 —WEST INDIA GHERKIN.— A small fruited 
prickly variety used for pickling whole. Its fruit is 
never over two or three inches long and is covered 
with spines. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c. VL lb. 45c, lb. $1.25, postpaid. 
Leek 
Leek is one of the finest of spring onions and is 
easy to grow. Plant the seed in tlit* fall from July 
to October in rows where they are to remain. Thin the 
seedlings to four inches apart in the row and culti¬ 
vate often. A side dressing of manure or fertilizer 
will improve them. They will remain all winter in 
the open ground and yield large mild onions very 
early next spring. You have never known the best 
onioii until you try leek. 
191— AMERICAN FLAG. —This is one of the 
largest and best of the leek family. Tops are beauti¬ 
fully curled. Roots thick, mild and sweet, 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 25c, Vi lb. 7 5c, lb. $2.00. postpaid. 
Cucumbers 
The soil selected for Cucumbers should be a light 
sand or sand loam. Barnyard litter makes the best 
fertilizer. Prepare large hills about six feet apart 
each way, and plant from eight to ten seed in each 
hill. After the plants get beyond danger from insects, 
thin to four plants per hill and give shallow cultiva¬ 
tion until the vines begin to run. The time for seed¬ 
ing extends from just after the last frost in spring 
until August. Cucumbers are very susceptible to 
insect attacks and should be sprayed as soon as the 
bugs appear and as often as they are found. Nicotine 
Dust is a safe and effective means of fighting the 
Cucumber Beetles. Or Arsenate of Lead may be dusted 
around the base of the young plants to control this 
pest. Fungi Bordo used as a dust or in a liquid spray 
every two weeks until the young cucumbers come on 
the vines will help to keep them free from blight and 
prolong the bearing season. 
166— SLATE’S EARLY FORTUNE. — We con¬ 
sider this the best and most popular market cucum¬ 
ber grown. It is one of the earliest to produce, very 
productive, and the fruit is far above that of any 
other variety in both quality and appearance. The 
vines are hardy and resist disease to a remarkable 
extent. The fruit is regular in size, matures uni¬ 
formly, rather long and of a deep green color, which 
it holds for days after being pulled. In quantity, 
quality, appearance and market value this cucumber 
cannot be equalled. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10, Vi lb. 30, 11). $1.00, postpaid. 
167— EARLY CLUSTER. —An early, small and 
very prolific variety. It is an excellent kind for the 
home garden. The vines are extremely hardy and 
produce their fruit in clusters of two or three. The 
fruit is small and of a much better quality than the 
larger ones. They make excellent pickles or the 
tenderest when sliced. 
Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 14 lb. 30c, lb. 90c, postpaid. 
