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Cubit Cucumber—All-America Bronze Medal for 1944 
CUCUMBERS ox the Garden 
One package of seed will sow 
15 hills; 1 ounce, 50 hills. 
Cucumbers should be raised in every home 
garden. They can be grown to perfection with 
ordinary care. Plant seed when danger from 
frost is over, an inch deep in hills 4 to 6 
feet apart each way, dropping 8 to 10 seeds 
in a hill. When second set of leaves has form- 
ed thin to 4 plants to a hill. Cultivate 
thoroughly until runners make this impossible. 
If plants are attacked by beetles, spray with 
Bordeaux or arsenate of lead. Wash fruits 
ppercughly before eating when these sprays are 
used. ; 
Longfellow. Slender, 10- to 12-inch, dark 
green fruit of high quality. The vines are 
vigorous and productive. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 40c; 14 Ib. $1.15 
National Pickling. Anyone who likes the 
small sweet or sour pickles will want to grow 
a great patch of this new Cucumber. Like- 
wise, if you are partial to ‘‘dills,” let the 
Cukes remain on the vines until they are of 
the right size. The vines are thrifty and 
bear heavy crops. 
Pkg. 10¢; oz. 40c; 14 Ib. $1.15 
Straight-8. Very prolific. This variety has 
made a strong appeal to local market garden- 
ers because of its size and appearance. The 
fruits are about 8 inches long and from 1] 
to 2 inches in diameter, with rounded ends. 
The skin is deep green, while the flesh is pure 
white, crisp and tender Few -seeds. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; 14 Ib. $1.00 
A. & C. Top Quality. one of the new 
kinds, long, slim, blunt-ended. Skin darl 
green, flesh a splendid quality. Vine robus: 
and heavy bearing. A Cucumber whose popu- 
larity is rapidly growing with commercial grow- 
ers. Pkg. 10c; oz. 40c; 4 Ib. $1.15 

Dust your cucumber seed with Semesan. A 
10-cent package will treat a pound or more of 
seed. 
Chicago or Westfield Pickling. Deep green, 
medium length, crisp. Very prolific. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 40c; 14 Ib. $1.15 
Early Fortune. The flesh is tender and 
crisp, with very few seeds. Fruits are long, 
slender, dark green in color, thus making it 
a good market variety as well as desirable for 
the home garden. We offer a splendid strain 
of this popular Cucumber. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 30c; 14 Ib. 95c 
Vick’s Apple Cucumber. this splendid 
Cucumber is nearly round, with yellow and 
green markings and smooth skin, similar to 
the lemon. The flesh is tender and crisp, with 
a sweetness and flavor surpassing all other 
Cucumbers. Fruit is from 2 to 3 inches in 
diameter, and of handsome appearance. For 
pickling, either when green or ripe, they are 
unexcelled. Ready for table when fruits turn 
yellow. Pkg. 15c; oz. 35¢; 4 tb. $1.00 
Cubit. All-America Bronze Medal for 1944. A 
splendid home and market garden kind, cylin- 
der-shaped and about 8 inches long: The ends 
are blunt, making it an ideal slicing fruit. The 
skin is lustrous dark green and the flesh firm 
and pure white. Very vigorous and very heavy 
bearing. Pkg. 15¢; oz. 85c 
A. & C. Cucumber 
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Early 
Fortune 
Cucumber 
Marketer. All-America Bronze Medal 
for 1943. A very smooth fruit, excep- 
tionally uniform dark green right down 
to the blossom end. Flesh clear white 
and very crisp. The vigorous vines are 
abundant bearers. 
Pkg. 15c, oz. 60c 
Early White Spine. An early, smooth, 
straight Cucumber of good size. Its 
color is dark green, seldom turning yellow. Val- 
uable for forcing or outdoor planting. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 30c; 14 Ib. 95¢€ 
Improved Long Green. A standard variety 
for slicing and largely for pickling. The vines 
are vigorous and productive. The Cucumbers 
are long, slender, dark green, with warts and 
spines well distributed. Popular in home and 
market garden. Pkg. 10c; oz. 40c; 14 Ib. $1.15 






















