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No. 4. EARLY FRAME, Burr; Greg., '86; Sib., '83; White. 
Syn. Boston Pickling, Greg., '86; VEG. GAR. ; VIL. ; Thor., '87: Early 
Green Cluster, Thor., '87 (not of Burr): Early Short Green, Thor., '83, '87: 
Extra Early Green Prolific, Hen., '87 (a little earlier than the others) : Green 
Prolific Pickling, Greg., '86, '87: Short Green, Burr. 
Resembles the Early Russian, but the vine is rather more vigorous 
and the fruit nearly double the size, besides being usually several 
days later. Ripe fruit oblong oval, often swollen towards the blossom 
end; brownish yellow; skin much cracked; well developed samples 
about 6 in. long, 2J to 3 in. in diameter; — at table size quite warty, with 
very short black prickles that easily rub off; obscurely three-sided; 
furrowed; very deep green at the stem, shading to yellowish green at 
the blossom end; flesh greenish white, rather seedy, but tender; — plant 
moderately vigorous; foliage very deep dull green; — season early. 
"Very productive, succeeds well, whether grown in open culture or 
under glass, and if plucked while small makes an excellent pickle." 
Burr. 
No. 5. EARLY RUSSIAN, Burr; Brill; Greg., '86; Hen.; Thor., '86/87. 
Syn. Borowskian, H. & S.,'86 : Muromian, H. & S., '86 : Russian Shortest 
Green, Ben., '86: Russian Small Earliest Pickling, H. & S., '86: Russian 
Small Early, Vil., '84: Small Early Russian, Yil., '87: Early Russian Gher- 
kin, YEG. GAR. : Extra Early Russian Gh., Yil. : Russian Gh., Yil. : Fr. 
Concombre a bouquet, Yil. : C. d'ltalie, Yil. : C. de Pologne, Yil. : C. de 
Russe, YIL., '84, '87 : C. Mignon, Yil. : C. vert court de Russie tres hdtif, 
Ben., '86: Petit concombre, Yil : Ger., Kurze russische grune Treib-Gurke, 
Ben., '86 : Russische kleine Trebi-G.,Vil. : Russisehe kurz Treib-G., A. de CI. 
Ripe fruit very irregular oval; smooth; brownish yellow; skin 
rather finely cracked; well developed samples 3 to 4 in. long, 2J in. 
in diameter; — at table size, dark green at the base, shading to white 
at the bottom end; obscurely three-sided; slightly furrowed; not warty 
but with numerous very small black spines ; flesh greenish white, very 
thin, tender; — at pickle size, the fruit is slightly warty; — plant a feeble 
grower, running but 2 to 3 ft. ; very productive, generally producing 
its fruit in pairs; foliage grayish green; leaves nearly entire, only 
the youngest ones distinctly lobed. 
Generally conceded to be the earliest variety of cucumber now 
extant, maturing about ten days before the Early Cluster. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 160; Yeg. Gar., p. 221; Gar. for 
Profit (ed. 1887), p. 202. 
