SINCE 1884 
Cucumbers 
CULTURE—Cucumbers succeed best in warm, rich ground They should not 
be planted in open ground until settled warm weather. Plant in hills four feet each 
way, when all danger from insects is past, thin out, leaving three or four of the 
strongest plants to the hill. 
EARLY FORTUNE —An attractive new va¬ 
riety, becoming very popular. Early For¬ 
tune is now being largely grown by market 
gardeners and shippers both North and 
South. In color it is an attractive deep 
green, which it retains much longer than 
most other sorts. Being fine grained, its 
white flesh is exceedingly crisp and brittle, 
making it an excellent slicing sort. Early 
Fortune is one of the earliest, dark green 
white spine cucumbers for shipping and 
home use. 
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE— A selection 
from the White Spine, being more pointed 
at each end; the young fruits are usually 
crisp and tender and are of very dark green 
color, so that the variety is considered by 
some to be the best for small pickles. 
EARLY FRAME OR SHORT GREEN—An 
excellent sort both for table use and for 
pickling. Fruit straight, handsome, smaller 
at each end, bright green; flesh tender and 
crisp, and makes fine pickles. 
EARLY GREEN CLUSTER— Fruit small 
and in clusters; very prolific. Light green 
in color. 
WHITE SPINE, IMPROVED EARLY— 
One of the very earliest and best known of 
the White Spines; a short, square-ended, 
rather three-cornered type; very produc¬ 
tive, fine for slicing or pickles; medium 
green color. 
JAPAN CLIMBING —Can be grown on 
trellis. 
LONG GREEN —-For slicing the long, firm, 
crisp fruits are very desirable; they are 
very dark green and average a foot in 
length; flesh white and firm. 
THE DAVIS PERFECT CUCUMBER— An 
excellent cucumber for both outdbor use 
and forcing. It is a carefully selected strain 
of the extra long White Spine type made 
by a veteran outdoor and greenhouse 
grower of cucumbers. Its valuable points 
are length, slimness and its dark green 
color. It is a very vigorous sort and re¬ 
sists blight longer than most sorts. 
CHICAGO PICKLING— Very popular in the 
Chicago market. Color deep green, me¬ 
dium size, prominent spines. 
Prices: oz., 10c; 
BOSTON PICKLING— A favorite eastern 
sort of fine quality. 
EARLY RUSSIAN —Very early, short, is a 
valuable variety for small pickles, for which 
it is often in demand. 
WHITE WONDER —Fine quality; grows in 
clusters. The color is pure white from the 
time of forming until maturity. 
STRAIGHT EIGHT —New, outstanding va¬ 
riety. Prolific and uniform size cucumbers 
about 8 inches long, straight and smooth. 
Color is a medium dark green. An attrac¬ 
tive cucumber of fine quality for slicing. 
SMALL GHERKIN —Very small burr; used 
for pickles. 
U lb, 35c 
Except White Wonder, Long Green, Early Fortune, Davis Perfect: oz., 15c; U lb., 45c. Straight 
Eight: oz., 20c; Vi lb., €5c 
SIOUX CITY SEED CO. 
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