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FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. 
CUCUMBER (Cont.) 
Early Short Green or Early Frame 
56 days. Splendid for pickling and for slicing; very popular for 
home gardens. Fruits bright medium green; black spined; 6—7 
in. long; 234 in. thick; uniform; blunt. 
Early White Spine 
60 days. The most popular white spined cucumber for the home 
garden; extensively grown for shipping. Fruits medium dark green; 
remain in good condition remarkably long; 7 in. long; 234 in. 
thick; slightly tapered; blunt. 
FERRY’S LONG GREEN 
75 days. The most popular and one of the best for the home 
garden; particularly desirable for slicing. Fruits rich dark green; 
black spined; 12 in. long; 234 — 2 % in. thick; straight, cylindrical; 
with few seeds. 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN 68 days. 
Excellent home garden variety. Fruits 10 to 12 inches long, 
medium dark green, black spined. Very desirable for slicing. 
Klondike 
64 days. Very desirable for shipping. Fruits handsome; very dark 
green; white spined; 7—8 in. long, 234 in. thick, cylindrical. 
Lemon 
65 days. Of superior quality for slicing and general salad use; fine 
for pickles. Fruits deep lemon yellow; black spined; become 3— 
334 in* long and almost as thick; blunt. 
Longfellow 
72 days. Particularly valuable for shipping. Fruits handsome; 
extremely dark green over entire surface, retain the color remark¬ 
ably long after picking; white spined; 12—14 in. long; 234—2% 
in. thick; straight, well filled at ends; very few seeds. 
National Pickling 
50 days. Particularly uniform and valuable black-spined variety, 
for production of high grade small pickles. Fruits straight, sym¬ 
metrical, full at the ends; about 6 inches long when mature. 
Small Gherkin 60 days 
Of superior quality for pickles. This is the true West India gherkin 
which is a species distinct from the true cucumber. Very prolific; 
fruits for pickles are produced in about 60 days. Fruits pale green; 
prickly over entire surface; become 134—2 in long; oval; very 
uniform; seeds numerous and small. 
SNOW’S PICKLING 
52 days. Extremely early and prolific. Best and most popular 
variety for small pickles. Fruits dark green at pickling size; black 
spined; become 5in. long; 234—234 in- thick; symmetrical;blunt. 
STRAIGHT-8 (All-America Gold Medal Award for 1935. Our 
Introduction) 62 days 
This outstanding variety produces symmetrical, cylindrical 
fruits about eight inches in length and about 134 inches in 
diameter. Fruits well rounded at the ends, deep green when 
ready for use, and free from objectional striping or tipping. 
An ideal shipping cucumber and also desirable for home and 
market garden. 
DANDELION 
Cultivated or French Common 95 days 
Plants low growing, compact, attain a spread of 18 to 20 in.; 
leaves long and broad. 
I mproved Thick Leaved (American Strain) 95 days 
Very superior strain. Makes vigorous, very compact growth. 
Produces a spreading rosette of leaves 18 to 24 in. across; leaves 
very numerous, thick in texture, and blanch readily. 
Telegraph 
Code Word 
CUFRA 
CUSPI 
CULON 
CUONG 
CUKLO 
CULliM 
CUFEL 
CUNAT 
CUKIN 
CUSNO 
CUSTR 
DANCO 
DANIM 
Mammoth (See page 63) 
DILL 
DILMA 
