MAESHALL’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 early use, Seed may be started in heat and the plants set out in May. 
sod are an e-xcellent medium for starting and growing early cucumber plants, as they 
Irom the hot-bed to the garden witliout disturliing the young jilants growing upon t 
plant in hills tour feet apart, 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 ]tocnliarly crisp and tender. 
Cumberland. A variety of the hardy wliite sjnne type . 
Davis Perfect. An excellent variety both for outdoor and forcing jnirposes. 
Early Cluster. Prolific, tender and cris]); about five inches long, good color 
Everbearing. A'^alnable as a green pickier... 
Extra Long White Spine. Much longer than ordinary White Spine; very 2 >ro- 
lific ..“. 
Green Prolific Pickling. Dark green; medium length; verj' free bearer .... 
Improved Long Green. Long and crisp; a popular variety for pickles. 
Improved White Spine. Early and good for table use or for iiickling; of me¬ 
dium length, dark green color, and flesh crisp and excellent.0-5 
Japanese Climbing. This is a strong and vigorous grower. Pine for pickling 
West India Gherkin. Used only for pickles; the STuallest of all varieties. .. . 
Lemon Cucumber, or Garden Lemon. An almost roujid variety; yellow and 
green markings; tender and of sweet flavor. Kesembles a lemon in ap¬ 
pearance . 
ENGLISH CUCUMBERS FOB FBAMES. 
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. 
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DANDELION. 
Tlie Dandelion .affords one of (he earliest, and most healthful Sjiring greens or sahnds. It is best when 
bl.anched. Sow early in Spring, in drills IS inclics apnit, and thin out to 6 inches in the drills. Keep clear 
of weeds, and the following Spring it will be lit for the table. 
Improved French. Pkt., 5 cts.; oz., 20 cts.: % lb., 60 cts. 
Green Curled Endive. 
ENDIVE. 
One ounce of seed for 75 feet of drill. 
One of onr host salad plants. For a first crop, sow 
about the middle of April; for succession, small sow¬ 
ings may he 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 
hy folding (he leaves in their natural position around 
the heart, and tyi7ig the outer leaves together by their 
tips in cone lunn. 
Broad-Leaved. (Fscarolle.) Leaves long and broad, 
thick and succulent. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.: % lb., -lOc. 
Green Curled Mardy, finely curled; easily blanched, 
one of the best. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.: Vi lb., 40c. 
White Curled P>lanches laipidly; excellent, and very 
fender. Pkt., 5c.; oz., 15c.; Yi lb., 40c. 
