MARSHALL\S VEGETABLE SEEDS. 
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CUCUMBERS 
One ounce to fifty hills; two to three pounds to one acre. 
Improved White Spine Cucumber. 
For very earl}^ use, seed may be started in beat and the plants set out in May. Pieces of in¬ 
verted sod are an excellent medium for starting and growing early cucumber plants, as they can 
leadily be lifted from the hot-bed to the garden without disturbing the young plants growincrupon 
them. For maincrop, 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 strono- 
plants to each hill. ^ 
Cool and Crisp. A strain of White Spine, flesh peculiarly crisp and tender$o!o5 
Cumberland. A variety of the hardy white spine type . . . 
Davis Perfect. An excellent variety both for out’door and forcing purposes 
Early Cluster. Prolific, tender and crisp; about five inches long, good color 
Everbearing. Valuable as a green pickier.. 
Extra Long White Spine. ' ' 
liiic . 
Much longer than ordinary White Spine; very pro- 
Dark green; medium length; very free bearer. 
Pkt. 
Oz. 
y4 Lb. 
J0.05 
$0.15 
$0.35 
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.25 
.60 
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Green Prolific Pickling. 
Improved Long Green. 
Improved White Spine. Early and good for^'table use or'^for pfckling; of me¬ 
dium length, dark green color, and flesh crisp and excellent. 
Japanese Climbing. This is a strong and vigorous grower. Fine for pickling 
West India Gherkin. Used only for pickles; the smallest of all varieties. .. . 
Lemon Cucumber, or Garden Lemon. An almost round variety; yellow and 
green markings; tender and of sweet flavor. Resembles a lemon in ap¬ 
pearance . 
ENGLISH CUCUMBEIIS EOll EllAMES. 
Telegraph, Duke of Edinburgh, Tender and True, Covent Garden Favorite, Lockie’ 
Sutton’s Matchless ...each Pkt. of 10 to 15 
DANDELION. 
The Dandelion affords one of the earliest and most healtlifnl Sprinff greens'or salads It is l)est 
fnT/n’'flrdjs 18 inches apart, and Ihin out to 6 inches in the drills. Keep clear 
the following: Spring; it will be ht for the table. ^ 
Improved French. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.; % lb., 60 cts. 
ENDIVE. 
One ounce of seed for 75 feet of drill. 
One of our best salad plants. For a first crop, sow about the middle of April; for succession small sowinjrs 
may be made every month till Au.^ist, when the main plautino; is made. Set out the plants one foot apart in 
rows iiud when well gTown effect blanching by folding t.lie leaves in their natural position around the heart and 
^ing the outer leaves together by their tins in cone form. ' Qz V Lb 
Broad-Leaved. (Escarolle.) Leaves long and broad, thick and succulent. .. .$0.05 $0.15 $0 40 
Green Curled. Hardy, finely curled; easily blanched, one of the best.05 
White Curled. Blanches rapidly; excellent, and very tender.05 
s Perfection, 
seeds 25 cts. 
Avhen blanched, 
of weeds, and 
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