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Although Burpee Hybrid Cucumber was 
developed and offered by us only three years 
ago, it has, in that short time, become 
universally popular with gardeners every- 
where. Hundreds of testimonials could: 
be printed but space does not permit; 
we are picking a few at random. 
Such letters make us feel rather 
proud and encourages us to work 
harder than ever before to sup- 
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Burpee Hybrid 
60 days. High resistance 
to mosaic and downy mil- 
dew are the outstanding at- 
tributes of this true first genera- 
tion hybrid white spine, slicing 
type cucumber. Vines are extremely 
vigorous, long lived and bear an 
abundance of well-formed green fruits 
of handsome appearance, 8 in. and more 
long, 2% in. wide, square at both ends with 
medium seed cavity and crisp, white flesh of 
excellent quality. Burpee Hybrid Cucumber 
outyields open pollinated varieties because the 
vines continue to produce their fruits most pro- 
fusely long after the others have ceased. 
Pkt. (30 seeds) 25¢; 3 pkts. 70¢; Y oz. $2.50; 
14 Ib. $12.00; 1% Ib. $20.00; Ib. $35.00 






















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NOTE: Care should be used in picking cucumbers so as not to injure the 
Be vines. Do not yank or pull them off the plant; fruits should be cut from the 
: plant with a small part of the stem attached. : 
The Burpee Hybrid Cucumber is the finest we have ever raised in all re- 
spects. Large dark green vines—loads of fine shaped fruit. No disease. No bugs. We 
enjoy them very much. Thanks for this new cucumber.” 
H. F, Denison, Waterloo, Iowa 
“For years I have been trying to raise cucumbers and never got to first base, but 
thanks to your new hybrid cucumber, I am a success at last. 
“Out of 1 packet of seeds, which I planted in five hills, I have already picked over 
two bushels and am still picking (Sept. 23). And what cucumbers—all of them 12 or 
more inches long and 3 inches thick with the most marvelous flavor—they are really 
‘ tops and I am so pleased that I just had to write to you and tell you of your great 
new cucumber.” 
Le I was not only pleased but actually amazed at the vigor and 
bearing qualities of your hybrid cucumber. I planted a packet 
thinking I might get a few cucumbers for our own use, and for 
weeks we had not only all we could use in our home, but all we 
could sell in our College Grocery Store; and they are still bearing 
(Oct. 4). expect to pick about twenty pounds tomorrow. And the 
quality is very superior. ’ Floyd Bralliar, Nashville, Tenn. 


“The modest description given of the new Burpee Hybrid Cucum- 
ber leaves so much unsaid about this wonderful creation. I am 
wondering if you are fully cognizant of its real possibilities. I 
earnestly think that you ought to term it ‘The Garden Cucumber 
de Luxe.’”’ A. F. Schalk, Columbus, Ohio 
** Your new Hybrid Cucumber ‘ready for use in 60 days’ has 
beat your record by 4 days. I had fruit 56th day Hip 
Frederick M. Gittings, Catonsville, Md. 


“____T am writing to congratulate you on the result obtained from 
your new Burpee Hybrid Cucumber. Never before have I been . 
able to grow cucumbers. From five hills of your hybrid, I have 
more than the family could eat, have given away numbers of them 
and made 20 jars of bread and butter pickle.” 
W. B. Colson, Glen Ridge, N. J. 
“ Have never before written a letter commending any product, 
but I feel that I must write you about your Burpee Hybrid 
Cucumber. They bore profusely and to my surprise there was stilla 

cucumber on the vines today (September 23rd). They were all of 
nice size and flavor and we had a number 9 ly inches long, weighing 
114 Ibs. My one regret is that I didn’t enter some at the Duchess 
County Fair.” Leon F, Clark, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, 
ni H. A. Saylor, Bethlehem, Pa. 

Let me compliment you on your Burpee Hybrid Cucumber. 
“To say the least, seed catalogs and their luscious illustrations 
are indeed most enticing, especially to an ambitious embryo 
gardener. For once, however, I have surpassed your artist’s fondest 
imaginations. To my amazement I harvested these cucumbers, not 
by the small basket but by the bushel. At one picking the average 
cucumber weighed 1% lbs.’’ Elmer H. Bielfeldt, Joliet, Illinois 
“The Burpee Hybrid Cucumbers are a picture; straight, large, 
some 10 in. or more in length. And the flesh—crisp, icy cold, 
luscious beyond description.’’ Mrs. Lou Pecan, Dennis Port, Mass. 
“T have finished picking the patch of cukes I had from your hybrid 
seed and am very happy to state that they were the best I ever 
grew in the late fall. My main crop were Straight Eights. The 
Hybrid picked a little more than double the other crop with 80% 
fancy grades. I had much less than an acre of the Hybrid but they 
picked at the rate of about 500 bushels per acre. They also picked 
about % longer. I am sold on Burpee Hybrid as a money-maker.”’ 
J. E. Tooke, Grower and Shipper, Immokalee, Florida 
My other varieties of cucumbers developed cucumber wilt. 
The Burpee Hybrid Cucumbers stayed free from disease although 
grown next to the diseased plants. Size and shape were excellent.” 
P. Daman, Hulton, Manitoba, Canada 
“—T had 180 hills, Burpee Hybrid Cucumber; started cutting 
100% quality cukes August 1st. These few hills netted me at farm 
$300 but as the market went down I quit cutting. The vines 
stayed green until frost with bushels of cukes on the ground. ie 
Walter F. Smith, Port Byron, N. Y. 
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