W. E. MARSHALL & CO. 
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VEQETABLE SEEDS. 
CUCUMBER, 
One ounce to fifty hills; two to three pounds to one acre. 
For very early nse, 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 
IMPROVED WHITE SPINE CUCUMBER. garden without disturb- 
,, „ . ing the young plants 
growing upon them. For mam crop, plant in hills four feet apart, at the end of May. 
Keep the young plants safe from the striped bug by dusting with dry plaster or 
powdered hellebore. Leave four strong plants to each hill. 
Cumberland. A variety of the hardy white spine type. 
Early Russian. Short and very early; valuable for small pickles. 
Improved White Spine. Early and good for table use or for pickling; 
of medium length, dark green color, and flesh crisp and excellent. 
Early Frame, or ^hort Green, Early and productive, dark green.... 
Early Cluster. Prolific, tender and crisp; about five inches long, 
good color. 
Cool and Crisp. A strain of White Spine, flesh peculiarly crisp and 
tender .. ... 
Green Prolific. Dark green; medium length; very free bearer. 
Everbearing. Valuable as a green pickier . 
Extra Long White Spine. Much longer than ordinary White Spine; 
very prolific. . 
Long Green Fruit about twelve inches long, tender and excellent.. 
West India Gherkin. Used only for pickles; the smallest of all 
varieties.. 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
MLb. 
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ENGLISH CUCUMBERS FOR FORCING, 
Telegraph, Marquis of Lerne, Duke of Edinburgh, Tender and True, Covent Garden Favorite, 
Lockies' Perfection . Pkt. of 10 seeds 25 cts, 
DANDELION. 
The Dandelion affords one of the earliest and most healthful Spring greens or salads. 
It is best when blanched. Sow early in Spring, in drills 18 inches apart, 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., 5c.; oz., 20c.; 3^ lb., 60c. 
ENDIVE. 
One ounce of seed for 76 feet of drill. 
One of our best salad plants. For a first crop, sow 
about the middle of April; for succession, small sow¬ 
ings may be made every month till August, when 
the 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 the heart, and tying the outer 
leaves together by their tips in cone form. 
Green Curled. Hardy, finely curled;easily blanched, 
one of the best. Pkt., 6c.; oz., ir)c.; 34 lb., 50c. 
White Curled. Blanches rapidly; excellent, and very 
tender. Pkt., 6c.; oz., 16c.; 34 
Broad-Leaved Batavian. (Escarolle.) Leaves long 
and broad, thick and succulent. Pkt., 6c.; 
oz., 15c.; ^ lb., 40c. 
GREEN CURLED ENDIVE. 
