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CUCUMBERS 
One ounce to fifty liills; two to three pounds to one acre. 
Improved White Spine Cucumber. 
For very early use, seed may be started in heat and the plants set out in May 
sod are an excellent medium for starting and growing early cucuinlier plants, as they 
iroin the hot-oed to the garden without disturinng the young plants growing inion the 
plant in lulls lour leet ai)arl, at the end of May. Keep the young plants safe from 
dusting with dry plaster or powdered hellebore. Leave four strong plants to each hill. 
Cool and Crisp. A strain of White Spine, flesh peculiarly crisp and tender. 
Cumberland, A variety of the hardy wliite spine ty])e . 
Davis Perfect. An excellent variety l)oth for outdoor and forcing jnirposos 
Early Cluster. Prolific, tender and cris]); about five inches long, good colo 
Everbearing. A^aluable as a green pickier. 
Extra Long White Spine. Much longer than ordinary White Si)ine; very pro 
lific . 
Green Prolific Pickling. Dark green; medinin length; ver}^ free bearer ... 
Improved Long Green. Long and cris]); a popular variety for pickles. 
Improved White Spine. Early and gooil for table use or for ]dckling; of me 
dinm length, dark green color, and fiesh erisji and excellent.05 
mpsp riiiminno- ^phis is a strong and vigorous grower. Fine for pickling .05 
Used only for pickles; the smallest of all varieties.10 
Garden Lemon. An almost round variety; yellow and 
green markings; tender and of sweet flavor. Pesembles a lemon in ap- 
])earance . 
KXOLISir CUCUMBERS FOR FRAMES. 
Telegraph, Duke of Edinburgh, Tender and True, Covent Garden Favorite, Lockie’s Perfection, 
Lord Kenyon’s Favorite.Pkt. of 10 to 15 seeds 25 cts. 
I> A X D ELIO N. 
1 , Dnmdelion alTords uno of the oarlicst and must hoallhfu] Spring greens or salads. Tt is best when 
blanched. Sow early in Spring, in drilhs 18 inches ai.art, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills. Keep clear 
of weeds, and the following Spring it will be fit for the lalilc . 
Improved French. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; % lb., (50 cts. 
Japanese Climbing. 
West India Gherkin. 
Lemon Cucumber, or 
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One ounce of seed for 75 feet of drill. 
One of oiir best salad phintii. For a first cron, sow 
about the middle of April; for succession, small sow¬ 
ings may be made every montli till August, when the 
main planting is made. Set out the ])lants one foot 
apart, in rows and jvhen well grown (‘ffect blanehing 
by folding the leaves in tlioir natural position around 
the h(‘art, and tying the outer leaves together bv their 
ti]ns ill cone form. 
Broad-Leaved. (Escarollo.) Leaves long and broad, 
tliick and sncculenl. Pkt., 5c.; oz.. 15c.; Vi Ib., 40c. 
Green Curled. Hardy, finely curled: easily blanched, 
one of the best. Pkt,, 5c.; oz., 15c.: Vi lb., 40c. 
White Curled Blanches rapidly; excellent, and very 
lender. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; H lb., 40c. 
Green Curled Endive. 
