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F. LAGOMARSINO & SONS, SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA 
Cucumbers for Salads 
and Pickling 
Sow seed after danger of frost is over, usually around February or March, on 
light rich warm soils. For later crops plantings can be made up to the middle of 
August. Plant 6-8 seed in hills 3-5 feet apart, covering y< 2 , to 1 inch. When plants 
are 6 inches high, thin to the three healthiest plants. Cultivate well until runners 
interfere. Sufficiently ripe fruit can be picked in about 60 days. Pickling types 
can be picked sooner. Keep fruits picked close as the vines cease to set fruit as 
soon as any seed begins to mature. 
LAGO NU-GREEN —A recent introduc¬ 
tion, exceptionally fine long, straight, 
slender, dark green fruits 12 to 14 in. 
long and 214 to 2% in. thick, black 
spined, solid, small seed cavity with 
few seeds and deliciously crisp. An 
ideal type for the home garden or as a 
“straight pack” variety for shipment to 
market. One of the most attractive va¬ 
rieties with the long slender uniform 
fruit and the absence of the usual 
white stripes at the blossom makes this 
strain fully equal in appearance to any 
hothouse grown speciment cucumber. 
Pkt. 5c; 02 . 20c; !4 lb. 50c; lb. $1.50. 
CHINESE LONG —The fruits are rich 
dark green, often 20 inches long, aver¬ 
aging 2 to 3 inches in diameter in the 
center and tapering gently toward the 
ends. Flesh is thick, crisp, and of fine 
flavor. Vines are vigorous and bear 
continuously if fruits are picked when 
ready. This variety should be grown 
on a trellis as, when grown in this way 
nice straight fruits are produced. Not 
more than two vines should be left to 
each hill, and preferably one plant well 
fertilized, which will give the best re¬ 
sults. Pkt. 15c; 02 . 25c; lb. 75c. 
EARLY FORTUNE —Fruits average 9 inches long, uniform diameter of 2-2^2 
inches, dark green color and white spines. The flesh is thick, crisp and tender 
with a very small seed cavity. Recommended as one of the best shipping varieties 
and is fast replacing other types. Pkt. 5c; 02 . 15c; !4 lb. 40c; lb. $1.25. 
Cucumber, Lago Nu-Grecn 
Cucumber, Early Fortune 
BOSTON PICKLING — This is a 
productive variety that is exten¬ 
sively grown for pickles. The 
fruits are bright green, black 
spines 6 to 7 inches long, 2i/4 
inches thick, very smooth and sym¬ 
metrical. The flesh is very crisp 
and tender. Pkt. 5c; 02 . 15c; !4 lb. 
4Cc; lb. $1.25. 
LEMON CUCUMBER — A very productive variety 
with round or slightly oval fruits of light creamy yel¬ 
low color. The fruits are ready for slicing when just 
starting to turn yellow. Of distinct flavor and pre¬ 
ferred by many to any of the other sorts. Pkt. 5c; 
02 . 25c; 1/4 lb. 75c. 
LONG GREEN IMPROVED — Extensively used for 
home and market garden, this vigorous variety pro¬ 
duces fruits 12-15 inches long when mature of a beau¬ 
tiful dark green color. Widely used for pickling and 
often for the sweet pickles. This variety furnishes 
some fruits early but matures the bulk of its crop 
rather late. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; 1/4 lb. 40c; lb. $1.25. 
KLONDIKE —This is an early variety and very desir¬ 
able for shipping. Fruits are 7 to 8 inches long, of 
uniform size and shape. The color is very dark green, 
slightly striped at the ends. This rich dark green 
color is retained much ’onger and is affected less by 
the hot sun than any other variety. Pkt. 5c; 02 . 15c; 
'A lb. 40c; lb. $1.25. 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN— This is a distinct, very 
small, oval, prickly fruited sort used exclusively for 
pickling. The fruit is 2 inches long and 1 inch in 
diameter and borne in abundance. Seed very small 
and slow to germinate. Pkt. 5c; oz. 15c; !4 lb. 45c. 
Cucumber, Boston 1‘icking 
JAPANESE CLIMBING —Where space is a factor this 
variety will be found most desirable as it does best 
grown on trellis, fences, etc., and climbing by tendrils 
like a grapevine. Fruits dark green, about 8 inches 
long, thick, crisp, tender and equal to others in quality. 
Pkt. 5c; 02 . 15c; '4 lb. 40c; lb. $1.25. 
