CUCUMBERS for Slicing and Pickles 
PLAMUfG INSTRUCTIONS 
A warm soil is preferable but they will grow in almost any 
soil ii there is good drainage. When all danger of frast is past sow 
the seed about deep in hills 4 feet apart each way. Earlier 
crops_ may be had by starting the plants in a hotbed and trans¬ 
planting about three or four of the young plants to a hill or by 
using Hotkaps. Keep the soil_ well fertilized and well cultivated 
between the plants until the vines cover it. Keeping them picked 
before they reach full size will cause the plants to bear longer. 
Oz., 10c; M lb., 36c. 
EXTRA LONG WHITE SPINE. Long, green, white 
spined fruit, rather like the Long Green Chinese. Very 
uniform in size and exceedingly early. 
DAVIS PERFECT. Well bred selection of White Spine 
type, slim in shape, 9 to 12 inches long, dark green color 
changing to white. Very crisp. 
EffPROVED LONG GREEN. The most popular for gen¬ 
eral use. The flesh is thick, firm and crisp. The fruit 
is slender and remains dark green in color until ripe. 
THE BARTELDES CUCUMBER. From 8 to 12 inches 
long, of a very dark green color which does not fade in 
shipping. This is of greatest importance to the growers 
and shippers who want their cucumbers to be attractive 
when they reach the market. The flesh is firm, white, 
thick and with few seeds. Oz., 15c; M lb., 50c. 
EARLY GREEN CLUSTER. A very popular early cu¬ 
cumber producing its fruit in small clusters near the 
root of the plant. Length of fruit about 5 inches, skin 
prickly. 
EARLY WHITE SPINE. Very hardy, vigorous, and also 
very productive. When young they are green, short, 
stout; and as they grow they become paler and marked 
with four or five white longitudinal lines. 
EARLY FORTUNE. Largely grown by market garden¬ 
ers. Vines make a strong growth, producing abundant 
crops of fruit, slightly pointed, with a very dark green 
skin, and retains its color much longer than most other 
sorts. 
EVERBEARING. This variety is of small size; very 
early, enormously productive, and valuable as a green 
pickle. Its peculiar merit, however, is that the vines 
continue to produce fruit until killed by frost. 
CHICAGO or WESTERFIELD PICKLING. Well known 
and very popular. The fruits set very early and if kept 
pulled will continue to produce fruit until frost Excel¬ 
lent for pickling. 
BOSTON PICKLING. A smooth-fruited variety, short, 
bright green and is much used for pickling. 
PRICKLY or WEST INDIAN GHERKIN. A creeping and 
very branching plant. Fruit is oval, green, with white 
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longitudinal streaks, turning pale yellow when ripe. 
When ripe is about 2 inches long and over 1-inch in 
diameter. 1 oz., 20c; M lb., 60c. 
STRAIGHT EIGHT. A Gold Medal Winner of 1935. One 
of the best for slicing. About 8 inches long and 1% 
inches in diameter, straight and symmetrical. An excel¬ 
lent size for slicing and of a deep green when ready for 
use. Oz., 15c; M lb., 60c. 
All Pkts. on this page.5c 
EGG PLANT 
PLANTING 
INSTRUC¬ 
TIONS 
Sow in hotbeds 
very early in the 
spring; thin them 
out, as soon as 
big enough to be 
handled, to 3 to 4 
inches each way 
and transplant to 
2 or 3 ieet apart 
in very rich, 
warm ground. Do 
not plant them 
outside tintil the 
nights are real 
warm, as the 
least frost will, ii 
ii does not kill 
them, check the 
growth. Hoe 
often and hill up 
gradually, until 
they blossom. 
^ OZ., 20c; 1 oz., 35c; M lb., $1.20. 
BLACK BEAUTY. The fruits set freely and develop 
quickly, so entire crop can be harvested before frost. 
They are large, thick, lustrous purplish-black. 
NEW YORK DIPROVED LARGE PURPLE SPENE- 
LESS. Stem stout, not very tall, usually branching, 
and of a gray-green, slightly or not at all tinged with 
purple. Fruit is very large, of a short pear shape 
and slightly flattened at both ends. 
