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but not warty, with numerous very small black spines; flesh white, 
thick, tender and crisp; — at pickle size long, slender, tapering, fur- 
rowed except near the stem, scarcely warty, but covered with small 
spines; — plant very vigorous, but not productive; leaves large. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 164; Veg. Gar., p. 224. 
No. 11. LONG GREEN, Greg., '86; Sib., '83; Thor., '87; Vil. 
Syn. Common Long Green, VEG. GAR. ; Vil., '84: Long Green Turkey, 
(incorrectly), Thor., '87 : Fi\, Concombre vert long ordinaire, VIL., '84. 
Ripe fruit cylindrical, rounding at both ends, often swollen some- 
what at the center, or toward the blossom end, often somewhat crooked; 
smooth; brownish yellow; well developed samples 10 to 12 in. long, 
2 \ to 3 in. in diameter; — at table size long cylindrical, not furrowed, 
often almost round in section, smooth; very deep green, with some 
whitish green stripes at the blossom end, retaining its green color 
until almost full grown; nearly free from spines; flesh white, very 
thick, tender and crisj^; — at pickle size, irregular cylindrical, dark 
green at the stem end, but pale, or whitish green in the greater part of 
its length; — -plant vigorous and productive; — season medium. 
A very popular variety both for table use and for pickles. 
The Impeoved Long Geeen, Fer., '83; Impeoved Long Geeen Peickly, 
Greg., '86, '87; Long Geeen Seepent, Dam., '86, and Geeen Italian See- 
pent, Dam., '86, appeared very closely allied to this variety, many of the 
fruits of all appearing strictly identical, while others differed some- 
what in length, form, or in the number of spines. 
No. 12. LONG GREEN CHINESE, Veg. Gab. 
Syn. Green Long China, Vil., '84: Very Long Green China, Vil., '85 : 
Fr., Concombre vert tres long de Chine, VIL., '84, '85 : Ger., Lang Chines- 
ische glatte Schlanger Gurke, A. de CI. 
Ripe fruit cylindrical or club-shaped, often slightly crooked, 
obscurely three-sided; smooth; yellowish white; well developed 
samples 12^ in. long; — at table size, rather pale green, with whitish 
longtitudinal lines in the part toward the blossom end, and white 
spines that easily rub v,ff ; flesh very white, tender, thick ; — plant 
vigorous, productive ; — season medium. 
Correctly figured in Les pi pot., p. 165; Veg. Gar., p. 225. 
No. 13. LONG GREEN TURKEY/ Buee. 
Syn. Extra Long Green Turkey, Burr \\ \Turkey Long Green, Land., '85. 
| Differs from the Long Green in having the fruits more distinctly 
club-shaped, considerably longer, sometimes reaching a length of 18 
