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Description of the Vakieties. 
A. Young fruit, green. 
No. 1. BISMABCK, Greg., '84, '86, '87. 
Said to be a cross between White Spine and Long Green. Closely 
resembles Tailby's Hybrid in its general character, but the fruit 
matures somewhat earlier, and is on the average of a rather less 
intense deep green. 
No. 2. BEOWN NETTED, Veg. Gar.; Vil. 
Syn. Khiva, Veg. Gar. ; Vil. : Khiva Netted, Ben., '86: Netted Russian, 
Vil., '84: Russian Netted, Greg., '83, '86, '87; Ben., '86; Vil., '87: Russian 
Netted Cluster, H. & S., '86: Fr., Concombre agourci de Bussie, Vil. : C. 
brode de Kliiva, Ben., '86 : C. brode de Eussie, VIL. : C. brode de Bussie ou 
agourci, Vil., '87: Ger., Braune genetzte Chiwa Trauben-Gurke,, Vil.: 
Braune genetzte Walzen Trauben-G., Vil. : Braune genetzte Lucas'sche 
Trauben-G., Vil. : Kurze Netz-Gurken aus Chiva, Ben., '86 : Kurze russiche 
Netz-Gurken, Ben., '86 : Eussische Netzgurke, A. de 01. 
Eipe fruit small, oval, dark russet brown; skin very tough and hard, 
covered with a rather fine whitish net-work of shallow cracks; well 
developed samples 4 or 5 in. long, about 3 in. in diameter; — at table 
size the fruit is very slightly warty, without prickles, rather distinctly 
furrowed, deep green at the stem, shading to nearly white at the blos- 
som end; flesh greenish white, thin and seedy; — plant moderately 
vigorous, very productive, margin of leaves often entire; — season a 
little later than that of Early Eussian. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 160; Veg. Gar., p. 221. 
No. 3. EAELY CLUSTEE, Burr; Brill; Greg., '86, 87; Hen.; White. 
Syn. Boston Pickling (incorrectly), Sib., '83: Short Prolific Pickling, 
Land., '85, 87. 
Eipe fruit rather long oval, or short club-shaped; brownish yellow; 
considerably cracked; often with a few black prickles that rub off very 
easily; well developed samples 5 or 6 in. long, 2 to 2| in. in diameter; — 
at table size dark green at the base, striped and speckled with paler or 
yellowish green; nearly round in section; little prickly; flesh thin 
and seedy; — at pickle size clothed with rather numerous black 
prickles; — plant moderately vigorous, very productive; — season 
early. 
Eecommended more for table use than for pickles. 
Note. — In the true Early Cluster, the fruits are literally produced 
in clusters, three or more appearing at the same node; but judging 
from the samples tested, this quality seems to have been largely lost. 
