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BUIST’S LONG GREEN 
70 Days—This is the largest cucumber be- 
longing to the black spine types, a selection 
of the Long Green. A heavy yielder desirable 
for pickling or slicing. The characteristics are 
the same as the Improved Long Green but the 
fruits are choicer, larger, tapering at 
ends. A truly splendid variety, often 12 ins. 
long, 34 ins. thick. This is the late variety to 
plant in the home garden. Not recommended 
for shippers or market gardeners. 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN 
70 Days—The standard cucumber. for either 
slicing or pickling is the Long Green, the 
favorite variety for home garden. A very 
heavy cropper and hardy. The small pickles 
are all well shaped. While in the, slicing 
stage, the fruits are very attractive, 10 to 12 
ins. long, 2% to 3 ins. thick, straight and 
slightly tapered, with few seeds, The skin is 
deep green, black spined; flesh very white, 
crisp and tasty. 
EVERBEARING 
55 Days—The merits of this variety 1s that 
the vines, by keeping the fruits picked, will 
continue to bear until killed by frost. It is 
small, very early, enormously productive and > 
used mostly for pickles. Fruit deep green, 
black spined; 4 to 412 ins. long, 2 ins. thick 
and chunky, 
CHICAGO PICKLING 
59 Days—A productive type for early uni- 
form pickles, valuable for slicing and pickling. 
Fruits medium .green, black spined, 61/2 ins. 
long, 214% ins. thick, square ended. 
NATIONAL PICKLE 
56 Days—A heavy yielder very valuable for . 
the production of small pickles and popular 
with the pickle industry. Fruits dark 
black spined, 51/4 ins. long, 2/2 ins. thic 
rather blocky in form. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING 
60 Days—A distinct climbing 
variety used to cover fences, 
poles and trellises. Fruit deep 
green, black spined, 9 ins. long, 
21% ins. thick, uniform and at- 
tractive. 
reen, 
and 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN 
OR BURR 
60 Days—Distinct from cucum- 
ber and used: for very small 
pickles. Pick while young and 
tender and put in salt water until 
required for pickling. Fruits 
pale green, covered with prickly 
spines, oval and uniform, 114 
ins. long. 
Buist’s Cucumbers couimen 
both. 






JERSEY PICKLE , 
55. Days—This standard pickling variety pro- 
| Guces smooth fruit uniform in size, shape and 
color. A deep medium green, black spined, 
6 ins. long, 2! ins. thick, with tapering ends. 
Flesh crisp and tender at all stages. 
EARLY CLUSTER 
| 55 Days—One of the most popular pickling 
sorts. Wery prolific and early, producing 
small fruits in clusters. Pale. green in color, 
black spined, 514 to 6 ins. long, 21, ins. 
| thick: chunky, uniform and very tasty. 

Dandelion 
1 Oz. per 100 Ft.; 5 Lbs. per Acre 
Culture—Seed planted in July and allowed to 
winter over will yield an early crop of tender 
leaves the following Spring. Can also be 
| sown in the Spring. Sow in rich soil in drills 
| 142 to 18 ins. apart. Thin to 8 ins. in the rows 
|-and cultivate well. 
IMPROVED THICK LEAVED 
60 Days—The most profitable variety to 
grow. The plant is compact and upright, 
forming a rosette of large, broad, thick leaves 
20 ins. across, dark green in color and easily 
blanched. 
ITALIAN (Ciccoria, Catalogna) 
Although a member of the chicory family 
listed as Asparagus Chicory, it is better known 
as Italian Dandelion. A favorite salad of the 
Italians and grown extensively by market 
gardeners. Cut the main stalk, then numer: — 
ous young, tender sprouts grow which can | 
be cut several times in a season as new 
shoots grow after each cutting. Serve like | 
Dandelion or cook the green shoots like Ax 
paragus and serve hot or cold. : 
CUCUMBER ser 
Pkt. Oz. %4 Lb. 
Buist’s Long Green .........----+-> $0.10 $0.35 $1.00 
Improved Long Green ..........---- 210. 430-98 
Bverbearing 0. fi. os oe ee Aes oie 210° .230>" 2.902 
Chicago Pickling ..............--- 10 30 8§©.90° 
National Pickle ...........0002+055 10 .30. 90. 
Climbing <5. 2c.) es 4 eee ee 10. ~ .35--. 1.00 
West Indian Gherkin or Burr ....... 10. = 635-3406 
Jersey, Pickle 55... ee Me 310°= 4.30 See 
Barly Cluster:,.........)) Se ites 10 30 90 
DANDELION 2 “e 
Improved Thick Leaved ............ 10 .75 2.50 
Italian (Ciccoria Catalogna) ........ 10-50 1278 
