PICKLING VARIETIES 
Market Growers' Prices, Page 100 
Cucumber 
A Customer Who Is One oi the Largest Pickle Packers of the Country Was Kind 
Enough to Send Us Photograph Showing Assorted Sizes of National Pickling 
Cucumbers Grown from Seed We Supplied. 
Chicago Pickling 
Westerfield 66 days. A valuable medium long 
pickling sort. Fruits medium green, black 
spined 6% to 7 inches long, 2*4 to 2% inches 
thick. Tapers very slightly at each end. Growers should not confuse this 
with the shorter type as Snow’s Pickling is sometimes sold as Short Type Chi¬ 
cago Pickling. 
(Pkt., 5c> (oz., 10c) (% lb.» 30c) (lb., $1.00) (5 lbs., $4.40) prepaid. 
Early Cluster 
black spined. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz.. 
52 days. A short, blunt, cylindrical pickling sort, does 
not taper at the ends, fruits borne close in on the vine 
in clusters; length 5% inches, thickness 2% inches. 
lOc) (%: lb., 2Sc) (lb., 75c) (5 lbs., $3.30) prepaid. 
National Pickling 
50 days. Developed by the Michigan Agricul¬ 
tural College under the supervision of the Na¬ 
tional Pickle Packers Association. Vines rather 
small, fruits straight, symmetrical, full at the ends; length 6% inches, thick¬ 
ness 2% inches. Black spined, recommended for production of high grade 
small pickles, a good yielder. This variety has taken first place with pickle 
packers in the north central states. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (% lb.. 25c) (lb., 80c) (5 lbs., $3.40) prepaid. 
52 days. Widely used for small bottle pickles and 
justly deserves this popularity. Fruits dark green, 
symmetrical, 2 % inches thick near the stem end, 
and taper very slightly, blunt ended, black spined, becomes 5 inches long at 
maturity. 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (% lb., 25c) (lb., 80c) (5 lbs., $3.40) prepaid. 
Snow's Pickling 
We grow Dill extensively on our farms 
in Western Colorado. 
Pickle packers should write for special quotation in large quantities. Dill is 
used for making dill pickles. It is easily grown and should be in more gardens. 
Long Island Mammoth 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (U lb., 20c) 
(lb., 55c) (5 lbs., $2.30) prepaid. 
Short Swedish 
(Pkt., 5c) (oz., 10c) (% lb., 20c) (lb., 56c) 
(5 lbs., $2.30) prepaid. 
Billie Burrell in. a Field of Long Island Mammoth Dill. Grown on One of Our 
Farms Near Cortez, Colorado. 
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D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford. Colo 
