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MICHAEL-LEONARD SEED CO. 
CUCUMBER — SLICING VARIETIES — Continued 
VAUGHAN OR LONGFELLOW. W. S. , 72 Days 
[Particularly valuable for home gardens as well as for shipping. Fruit a 
handsome dark green, retaining the color remarkably long after picking; 
straight and well filled at ends. Very fe\e' seeds. 
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE 60 Days 
Fruit slightly tapered, blunted, 2^; x 8 to 9 inches, and uniform in shape. 
Color medium dark green; holds fairly well. Good garden type but not a 
good shipper. 
EARLY IMPROVED WHITE SPINE 62 Days 
One of the best soits for table use. Vines are vigorous, fruiting early and 
abundantly; fruit uniformly straight and handsome, dark green with a 
few white spines; flesh tender and of excellent flavor. 
WHITE WONDER OR ALBINO, W. S. 62 Days 
Heavy, medium long runner type. Fruit 3x7 inches, with straight, blunt 
ends. Color is creamy white. A useful novelty (as it is fairly well flavored) 
for slicing and for salads. 
WOODRUFF’S HYBRID, W. S. 64 Days 
Valuable for market garden and shi]7ping; a main crop sort, prolific and 
attractive. Fruit 8 to 10 inches long, weighing 214 pounds; dark green, 
fairly uniform with rounded ends. 
DANDELION 
IMPROVED LARGE LEAVED 
Thick leaves and deep green color make this far suiierior to the unculti¬ 
vated plant. It is compact with an upright, regular tuft at the center. 
DILL 
MAMMOTH 
Plant 2 to 214 feet high, with leaves cut into thread-like segments. Seeds 
very flat, having strong, bitter flavor. Used for flavoring pickles. 
EGG PLANT 
Culture. Treat the Eggplant like a tender tomato that requires 
even a longer period to mature. After cabbage plants are out of the 
hotbed or* greenhouse, which is April, sow eggplant, keeping even the 
night temperature abcve 70 degrees. One ounce of seed gives 2,000 plants, 
and 4 ounces plant an acre. Transplant later to pots or to a T or 4-inch 
stand, and when corn is shoe high, put eggplant outside on rich, well- 
drained land. Set the plants 2 feet apart in 4-ft. rows, shading or wa¬ 
tering the plants if it is sunny or dry. Number of days given is time 
required from setting plants to marketable fruit. 
BLACK BEAUTY 90 Days 
The fruit is a rich, dark purple, large and symmetrical, maturing a little 
earlier than Improved New York Purple but usually not quite so large. 
-•X very desirable sort for the market as tlie fruit holds its color a long 
time. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH 94 Days 
Plant, upstanding in growth, bears the fruit off the ground. Fruit, elon¬ 
gated and cylindrical, is purple in color. Highly resistant to blight and 
drought. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE SPINELESS 93 Days 
Fflant makes a 2-foot growth, rather inclined to spread. Fruit oval, 6x8 
inches, and tapered some towards top. Good color though not so dark as 
Plack Beauty. It is a very heavy producer of large fruits. 
