CUCUMBERS for Pickling and Salads 
One ounce will plant 50 hills; three pounds for an acre. 















“A and C” or Colorado— 
CULTURE—Cucumbers require warm rich soil. When all Symmetrical, dark 
danger of frost is past, plant in low flat hills, 4 to 6 feet apart green in color, with 
each way. Scatter 10 to 12 seeds in a one foot circle in each crisp, delicious flesh. 
hill and cover one-half inch. If the soil is naturally poor, work 
a forkful of decayed manure into each hill before planting. a pce 
When plants are about 5 inches tall, thin out, leaving the five Page 
strongest to each hill. Keep the soil cultivated as long as it 26 
can be done without injuring the spreading vines. Kill Squash 
Bugs and Cucumber Beetles with Pyrocide Dust, see Prices Below. 
NOTE: Days from planting to picking are listed here. The letters 
W.S. and B. S. indicate the white spined and black spined varieties. 
255. F. Ss. & N. CO’S EARLIEST << 
PICKLING (53 days.) The finest strain Gay 
of pickling ae een bee It is baely, eben tices These for Slicing and Salads 
ally vigorous and hardy, and highly produc- 
HOTKAPS protect young cucumber 
plants from beetles until the vines be- 
gin torun. See page 75. 


tive. Its quality is unsurpassed. Fruit: 6 256. STRAIGHT EIGHT—All-America 259. “A & C” or COLORADO — 
inches long, 2% inches thick, straight, smooth, Gold Medal Winner. (66 days.) The most de- W. S. (68 days.) A long, slender cucum- 
symmetrical, of dark green color; quality and sirable slicing cucumber you can plant. The ber of excellent shape and intense dark green 
flavor excellent. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, % lb. 65c, straight symmetrical fruits grow about 8 inches color. The fruits are 8 to 9 inches long and 
Ib. $2.10, prepaid. long and about 1% inches in diameter. A very average 2 inches in diameter; they hold their 
convenient size and shape. The color is a rich, color longer than any other type. Seeds form 
257. CHICAGO PICKLING — (59 deep green. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, %4 Ib. 75c, Ib, late in the season and are few. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
days.) B. S. (Westerfield Fickling.) Most $2.75, prepaid, 25c, % 1b. 75c, lb. $2.50, prepaid. 
widely used of the pickling varieties. Also 260. IMPROVED LONG 
good for slicing. Fruit: 6% inches long, 24% GREEN—(67 days.) (Black 
inches thick, medium ereen, square ended, at- gpined.) This is a standard late 
tractive and prolific. Pkt. 10c, oz, 20c, % lb. variety for home garden: excellent 
60c, lb. $2.00, prepaid. for slicing; hardy and prolific. De- 
pendable. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, % lb. 
70c, lb. $2.40, prepaid, 
A Bush Cucumber 27°, PAVIS PERFECT— 
(65 days.) W. S. An excellent 
mid-season variety for shipping or® 
Lo , the Smell aonrdeu home table use. Splendid quality 
and appearance. Fruit: 9 to 10 
inches long, 2% inches thick, 
Bears its fruit in clusters ee green, hae at iter Bross 
ae . esh crisp an 10) goo quality, 
within a foot of the plant. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 1% Ib. 60c, lb. 

$2.00, prepaid. 
254. MINCU (53 days.) Bears f 8 
to 10 fruits within a foot of the hill. Cucum- 272. THE LONGFELLOW 
bers average 4% inches long and 2 inches in ——(70 days.) W. 8, (Vaughan.) 
diameter, and are suitable for both salad slic- Ideal for home garden, forcing or 
ing and pickling. The skin is medium green, shipping. One of the best long, 
the flesh white and crfsp. Mincu is very early late, varieties. Excellent quality. 
nd a heavy er ay, Pkt. 10 ‘ 1 _ Perfectly uniform, long, slender 
85c, ib. "83-00, prepaid, i ED call Sls Holy shape. Fruit: 12 to 15 inches long, 
2%, inches thick; dark green, sym- 
For Color Photo of Mincu Cucumber, metrical and attractive. Holds col- 

. or and crispness well after picking. H . : ne = , 
See Inside Back Cover. . Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % Ib. T5e, ib, Straight Eight—a beautiful streamlined variety. 
$2.50, prepaid. 278. TAXPAYER—(64 days.) W. S. This 
d ied striking cucumber is uniformly 9 inches in* 
length, with tapering ends and of an intense 
dark green color. Produces cucumbers over a 
long period of time, and many of them. De- 
veloped from Early Fortune which was the best 
seller of all White Spines because of its extreme 
earliness, and abundant yields. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
20c, % Ib. 70c, lb. $2.50, prepaid, i 
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Earliest Pickling 
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Each Straight Eight ppd. 
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USE PYROCIDE DUST—Kill 
Squash Bugs & Cucumber Beetles 
Now you can protect melons, squash and cukes with 
non-poison Pyrocide, a new type dust, so powerful it con- 
trols these hard-to-kill pests, and most all types of sucking 
and ‘chewing insects on fruits and vegetables including 
Aphids, Cabbage Worms, Mexican Bean Beetles, Leaf 
Hoppers, as well as house pests: flies, ants, ete, 

scat Ib 
Cucumbers, both large and small, to fill your jars with Crisp Dill, Appetizing Chunk and Not 5 Ibs. $1.25 40c 
Sweet Pickles. Prepaid: 25 Ibs. $4.95 ppd. 
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