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COLORADO CUCUMBER 
Boston Pickling or Green Prolific. 
Truly the finest and most popular 
pickling variety. The tasty, bright 
green fruits range from 4 to 5 inches 
in length and are exceedingly pro¬ 
ductive. Fine for home and market. 
Davis Perfect. A vigorous grower. 
Fruits long, dark green, crisp and 
tender. Holds its color exceedingly 
well after picking, which makes it a 
favorite with the market gardeners. 
Seed cavity is small, maHng them 
very desirable for home and market 
uses. One of the outstanding varie¬ 
ties for Northwest climate. 
All Cucumbers— 
Packet, 5c; ounce, 
15c, postpaid. 
Gardeners with limited space cannot afford to 
plant cucumbers, which for outdoor culture 
must be planted in hills at intervals of at least 
4i4 feet each way. The plant is a sprawling 
tendril-bearing vine. It reguires considerable 
heat, a lot of moisture and a rich soil. Cucum¬ 
bers are much more sensitive to frost than most 
vegetable crops. They can only be grown in 
regions that not only have plenty of heat but a 
frost-free period of 75 to 90 days. 
Warm sandy loam especially if it has a gentle 
slope southward is the best soil for out-door 
cucumbers. No other method of fertilizing is so 
satisfactory as putting 2 guarts of thoroughly 
rotted manure under each hill or a scant wheel¬ 
barrow load is better. Broadcasting manure or 
fertilizer for plants spaced so far apart is merely 
wasteful. 
See that the manure is covered sufficiently so 
that no seed touches it. This is easily accom¬ 
plished by forming a circular hill about a foot 
wide and 4 inches deep over each lot of buried 
manure, the site of which had better be marked 
with a stick, if some days intervene between 
burying and planting time. 
Planting cannot be done until warm or hot 
weather is assured. Plant six seeds to each hill 
expecting to reduce them to three as soon as 
germination is complete, selecting the three best 
plants. The seed should be planted about l ]/2 
inches deep. 
As the vines become large they will fill all of 
the space between the hills, so it is very impor¬ 
tant that you cultivate thoroughly while the 
plants are still young. 
Diamond Long Green. Truly the outstanding 
of the large varieties. It is extremely crisp and 
tender, sweet, very fine for slicing. It is best for 
sweet pickles when matured. 
Improved White Spine. An outstanding vari¬ 
ety for table use. It is one of the early types and 
exceedingly tasty. Uniformly straight and hand¬ 
some light green fruits, with a few white spines. 
Colorado. Cucumber Colorado won the All 
American 1935 Award of Merit and is destined 
to become one of the most popular varieties. 
One of its outstanding gualities is that it does 
not taper but is practically the same size from 
end to end. The fruits are dark green, 9 to 12 
inches long and will yield more slicing cucum¬ 
ber than any other variety of approximately its 
size. Is highly recommended for the shipper 
and market garden. 
Other Varieties— Short Green or Early Frame, 
Lemon, Japanese Climbing, Small Gherkin, 
Deltus, Vaughn. 
Culture similar to lettuce. Outer 
leaves should be tied over the 
head to bleach. Packet, 5c; 
ounce, 10c; ^ pound, 35c, postpaid. 
Black Beauty. Extra 
early, quick growing, 
vigorous variety, uniform 
size. Color deep, blackish purple. Excellent 
for market. Packet, 5c; ounce, 60c; ^ pound, 
$1.75, postpaid. 
New York Improved Large Purple. Leading 
market variety. Not quite as early as Black 
Beauty. Large and productive. Packet, 5c; 
ounce, 60c; pound, $1.75, postpaid. 
Florence Fennel. An Italian 
vegetable with thick leaf stem. 
- Served boiled or sliced, also 
cooked in soups. Easily grown. Packet, 5c; 
ounce, 25c, postpaid. 
American Flag. Used very exten¬ 
sively throughout the entire coun¬ 
try. A very strong hardy grower 
that is very easily cultivated in the home garden. 
It is broad leaved, with rather short but very 
thick stems. Packet, 5c; ounce, 25c. 
Large Rouen. A very hardy variety, with short, 
thick, well-blanched stems and dark green 
leaves. Packet, 5c; ounce, 25c. 
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