MARSI-TALL’S VEHETABT.R SEEDS. 
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CUCUMBERS 
One ounce to fifty hills; two to three pounds to one acre. 
Improved White Spine Cucumber. 
Eor very early use, seed may be started in heat and the plants set out in May. Pieces of inverted' 
sod are an excellent medium for starting and growing early cucumber plants, as they can readily be lifted 
from the hot-bed to the garden without disturbing the young plants growing upon them. For main crop, 
plant in hills four feet a])art, at the end of May. Keep the young plants sate from the striped bug by 
dusting with dry plaster or powdered hellebore. Leave four strong plants to each hill. 
Cool and Crisp. A strain of White Spine, flesh |ieculiai'ly crisp and tender. 
Cumherland. A variety of the hardy white siriiie type . 
Davis Perfect. An excellent variotj^ both for outdoor and forcing purposes. 
Early Cluster. Prolific, tender and crisj); about five incites long, good color 
Everbearing. Valuable as a green pickier.. 
Extra Long White Spine. Much longer than ordinary White Spine; very itro- 
1 ific .'. 
Green Prolific Pickling. Dark green; medium length; very free bearer .... 
Improved Long Green. Iiong and crisp; a po]nilar variety for jtickles. 
Improved White Spine. Early and good for taltle use or for jiickling; of me¬ 
dium length, dark green color, and flesh crisp and exccilent. 
Japanese Climhing. This is a strong and vigorous grower. Fine for pickling 
West India Gherkin. Used only for pickles; the smallest of all varieties_ 
Lemon Cucumher, or Gardeir Lemon. An almost round variety; yellow and 
green markings; tender atid of sweet flavor. Resembles a lemon in ap¬ 
pearance . 
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ENGLISH CUCUMBERS EOR FRAMES. 
Telegraph, Duke of Eclinhurgh, Tender and True, Covent Garden Favorite, Lockie’s Perfection, 
Lord Kenyon’s Favorite.Pkt. of 10 to 15 seeds 25 ets. 
DANDELION. 
Tlie Dandelion affords one of the parliesf and most healthful Spring greens or sal.ods. It is best when 
blanched. Sow early in Spring, in drills 18 inches apait, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills. Keep clear 
of weeds, and the following Spring it will be fit for the table. 
Improved French. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 ets.; % lb., 60 cts. 
Green Curled Endive. 
E N D I V E. 
One ounce of seed for 75 feet of drill. 
One of onr best salad plants. For a first crop, sow 
about tile middle of April; for succession, small sow¬ 
ings may lie made every montli till August, when tlic 
main planting is made. Set out the plants one foot 
apart, in rows and when well grown effect blanching 
by folding the leaves in their natural position around 
tile heart, and tying the outer loaves together by tlmir 
tips in cone form. 
Broad-Leaved. (Esca'rolle.) Leaves long and broad, 
thick and succulent. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c,; % Ih.. -10c. 
Green Curled. Hardy, finely curled; easilv blanched, 
one of the best. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; Vt lb., 4nc. 
White Curled. Blanches I’apidly; excellent, and very 
tender. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; % lb., 40c. 
