

ALNEER BROTHERS RELIABLE SEEDS, ROCKFORD, ILL. 15 
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A grand new cucumber. 
Longfellow 
but the young fruit is fine for pickling. 
Being a white spine variety, Longfeliow never turns yellow. 
The New Longfellow 
by a small seed cavity. Forces readily under glass. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 1/4 lb. 90c, 1% Ib. $1.60, Ib. $3.00. 
ODD CUCUMBERS Choice Pickling Cucumbers 
Climbing 
Entirely distinct, be- 
ing much more rug- 
ged in its constitu- 
tion and less suscep- 
tible to disease than 
the ordinary cucum- 
ber, and is immense. 
ly more prolific, each 
25 to 30 cucumbers, 
even on poor soil. 
The quality is splene 
did. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 
Y, |b. 80c, Y% Ib, 
$1.50, lb. $2.90. 
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i Very popular as a novelty 
White Wonder on account of its color. 
Pure white in all stages of growth. Produces heavy, 
has a fine flavor, and is well worth trying. Price: 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 44 lb. $1.00, postpaid. 
i Fruit 3% inches long and 
Lemon Cucumbers nearly round. Lemon 
yellow color, with white spine. Fine quality. Makes 
good pickles, good for slicing and for stuffing. Price: 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 4% Ib. $1.00, postpaid. 
Snake Cucumber (0, o7is72 wocianclon ‘bat 
really is a Cucumber. It is a strong and vigorous 
grower. The fruits often are three feet long, and 
they grow in all sorts of twisted up shapes. A 
novelty but makes good eating too, if you like dill 
pickles or sliced pickles. Try a few of them. Price: 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 40c. 
4 Me About 60 days. A very 
West India Gherkin small oval prickly sort, 
distinct from all others. 
An unusual new sort that 
It is grown for pickles only 
and must be used when young. Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, %4 
Be Ibs95c. 
GARDEN HUCKLEBERRY 

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one inch in diameter, of shining black color. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 50c, postpaid. 
wonderful, 
Garden Huckleberry-Wonderberry 4 |)."° 
needing same culture as tomatoes. When ripe the berries are about 
They make delicious 
pies, preserves and jam. Fruit is non-edible when not fully ripened. 








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Westerfield’s Chicago Pickle 
A very fine good pickle variety used largely in Chicago 
pickling houses. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 4% Ib. 60c, Y Ib. 
$1.00, lb. $1.95. 
Thorburn’s Everbearing Claimed to be 
the earliest cu- 
cumber in cultivation, and will continue to blossom 
and bear fruit the entire season. Good for early 
use and pickles. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, % lb. 70c, 1 Ib. 
$1.35, Ib. $2.50. 
Green Prolific One of the very best pickling 
sorts, very uniform in growth, 
hardly ever yielding etfeumbers too large for pickling; 
exceedingly productive. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
20c, Y4 Ib. 70c, 1% |b. $1.35, lb. $2.50. 
Early Cluster A short, early 
variety, grow- 
.ing in clusters. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, %4 
Ib. 70c, % Ib. $1.35, Ib. $2.50. 
Fordhook Pickling 4 ,wonder- 
ful prolifie 
cucumber. Planted at the same time 
with other cucumbers, it will continue 
to bear pickles plentifully after. the 
others have ripened their fruit and 
ceased to produce. It is straight, crisp 
and tender. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, %, Ib. 
75c, Yo lb. $1.40, lb. $2.75. 
z \ : The fruit is long, 12 to 16 inches in length, straight, smooth and handsome. 
which is retained longer than. any kind we know of. 
Alneer’s Fancy Pickle 
very top as the best type of pickle. 
uable where blight is prevalent, as it is almost immune. 
Our customers who are growing pickles should purchase 
some of this if they wish to put new and perfect blood 
into their stock. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 
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The color is deep green, 
Flesh is crisp, solid, and of very best quality, and is not only ideal for slicing 
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