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Peerless White Spine.........1.. 10 66 71 71 
BRS hs ss ila eke cae 3 10 71 95 ik 
Rollison’s Telegraph............ 10 66 71 77 - 101 
Russian Small, Early............ 9 45 59 67 78 
Small Green Pickling or Gherkin.. 9 49 67 70 86 
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Very Long Green English Prickly. 9 55 66 70 86 
West India Gherkin..... s Aapsinee tyes 66 82 86 127 
DR IAPL Yar ey gin is) as sins s dioteie'e 9 49 70 70 89 
It appears that the Netted Russian was earliest in every particular. 
This variety is also sold under the names Russian Netted, Brown 
Netted, Khiva Cucumber, ete. The fruit is oval in form, and of 
small size, being about five inches long, and three inches in diameter 
when fully developed. The skin at maturity is dark russet brown, 
covered with a dense white net-work, by which characters it is 
very readily distinguished from most other varieties. We would 
not recommend it as the only variety to grow, as it is less productive 
than the later sorts, and maturing so early, it would probably not 
continue to produce well throughout the season. The Peerless 
(Thor.) and Peerless White Spine (Greg.), which to all appearances 
are identical as grown by us, would doubtless prove more profitable 
as a market variety, and perhaps more desirable for family use, ex- 
cept for the earliest crop. 
The varieties called Green Long Gladiator, Long Green Bedford, 
Rabley, and Rollison’s Telegraph, belong to the class known in Eng- 
land as “ridge’’ cucumbers. These we believe are intermediate be- 
tween the garden varieties and those known strictly as “frame 
cucumbers.” ‘The latter mature only under glass. It will be ob- 
served that with the exception of the Rabley, all of these matured 
fruits in our garden the past season. 
The Small Green Pickling or Gherkin (Vil.), and the West India 
Gherkin (Vil.), were identical as grown by us, though the seeds of 
both came from the same source. A cucumber very closely resem- 
bling the Boston Pickling variety is sometimes sold under the name 
Gherkin. The Gherkin is not used for slicing on the table, but only 
for pickles for which use the fruit is picked when about half grown, 
or when the skin may be easily broken by the finger nail. 
The Snake cucumber is more curious than useful, though it is 
sometimes used for pickling. Though invariably called a cucumber, 
it is botanically more nearly allied to the melon. 
The Fejina, of which the seeds were sent to us from Teneriffe, 
proved latest of all —so late that we learned little of its qualities. 
