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CHICAGO PICKLING (Westerfield) cuchi 
60 days. Valuable pickling and slicing variety. Fruits deep me¬ 
dium green; black spined; 6—7 in. long; 2 ]/2 —2 % in. thick; taper 
very slightly toward each end; uniform. 
Clark's Special 65 days cucla 
Market garden or shipping variety, 7-9 in. long by 2 3^-3 in. in 
diameter. Weight about 2 }/i lbs., blocky or square ends, white 
spines. Young fruits good dark green color, but mature fruits 
show some dark ends. Intermediate between Early Fortune and 
Davis Perfect. 
CRYSTAL APPLE 65 days cuple 
Fruit round, and when full grown about the size of a lemon. 
Creamy white; does not turn yellow at maturity. Produces 
abundantly. Crisp, tender, and mild in flavor. White spined. 
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Davis Blend cubln 
58 days. Black spined 
variety with the good 
points of both Chicago Pick¬ 
ling and Early Short Green. 
High reputation for vigor of 
vine and productiveness. 
Useful for bottling and for 
dill pickles. 
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Davis Perfect cudav 
68 days. Splendid 
dark green slicing 
variety particularly valuable 
for shipping. Fruits very 
dark green; retain color long 
after picking; white spined; 
9—11 in. long; 2 l A in. thick; 
somewhat tapered at both 
ends; very few seeds. 
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Code Worp 
Double Yield Pickling cuyld 
60 days. Very produc¬ 
tive black spined 
variety highly esteemed by 
pickle makers. Fruits me¬ 
dium dark green with few 
spines; 6 to 7 inches long; 
2 to 2 )4, inches thick, mod¬ 
erately tapering at both ends. 
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Earliest of All cuear 
60 days. An early 
white-spined variety 
of desirable shape and color. 
Useful for home and market 
garden as well as for ship¬ 
ping. Fruits 734—8 in. long, 
2 Yi —2 % in. thick, dark 
green. Vines vigorous and 
productive. 
Cucumber, Straight-8 
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Early Cluster culus 
56 days. Very fine pickling sort; very popular for early slicers. 
Fruits medium dark green; black spined; 5J^ in. long; 2% in. 
thick: cylindrical and full at both ends. 
EARLY FORTUNE cufor 
66 days. One of the most desirable slicing sorts; extensively 
grown for shipping. Fruits very dark green, color retained a 
long time after harvest white spined; 8—9 in. long; 2 Yi in. thick; 
only slightly tapered; very uniform. 
