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MICHAEL-LEONARD SEED CO. 
CRESS 
CURLED OR PEPPER GRASS 
A small plant with frilled or curled leaves which are well liked when 
young for garnishing and for giving a warm pungent taste to lettuce. 
It grows best in cool weather and moist soil. 
TRUE WATER 
A distinct variety of cress with small, oval leaves. It thrives best when 
its roots and stems are submerged in water, although a fair growth may 
be obtained in soil which is kept wet. The seed is usually sown and 
lightly covered in gravelly, mucky lands along the borders of small, rapid 
streams. 
CUCUMBER —PICKLING VARIETIES 
Culture. For very early cucumbers sow April 10th in hotbed upon 
pieces of inverted sod so that they can be transplanted without disturbing 
roots. When the ground is warm transplant into well prepared hills 
and protect with glass until hardened. For outdoor planting, wait until 
the ground is warm then sow 10 to 12 seeds in hills 4 to 6 feet apart 
each way, thinning 3 or 4 plants to a hill after danger from insects is 
over. Cultivate as long as possible; gather when large enough for use 
and to keep plants bearing do not allow them to ripen. Number of days 
is from planting to first picking. 
CHICAGO PICKLE, B. S. 57 Days 
A variety esteemed above all others by Chicago market gardeners and 
extensively grown for the large pickling establishments. Fruit medium 
length, square ended, with large and prominent spines. Color a deep 
green. It combines all the good qualities of an early Cucumber. 
EARLY CLUSTER, B.S. 55 Days 
Vines vigorous, producing the bulk of the crop near the root and in clus¬ 
ters. 
EARLY FRAME OR SHORT GREEN, B.S. 56 Days 
An excellent sort for table use and for pickling. Fruit straight, hand¬ 
some, smaller at each end, bright green; flesh tender and crisp and makes 
fine pickles. 
EVERBEARING, B. S. 56 Days 
Small size, very early and enormously productive, and valuable as a green 
pickle. It continues to flower and produce fruit until killed by frost. 
BOSTON PICKLING OR GREEN PROLIFIC, B.S. 58 Days 
Vine makes a heavy, rather short runner growth; fruit short, thick, very 
slightly tapered, blunt ends, very uniform in shape; fully developed fruit 
2x 6 inches. Medium dark, uniform color. Good pickier. 
JERSEY PICKLE, B.S. 64 Days 
The fruit of this variety grows somewhat larger than that of Boston or 
Chicago Pickling. Used in the same way — for small or large pickles, 
or for slicing. 
NATIONAL PICKLE, B.S. 54 Days 
Early, high yielding variety especially bred for pickling in the small sizes. 
Fruit straight, symmetrical, blunt-ended, but not chunky. 
SNOW PICKLE, B. S. 56 Days 
A choice pickling variety similar to Chicago Pickle but not so large. 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN 60 Days 
A very small, oval, prickley sort, distinct from all others. 
