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














“A and Cor 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. 
When plants are about 5 inches tall, thin out, leaving the five 
strongest to. each hill. Keep the soil cultivated as long as it 
can be done without injuring the spreading vines. Kill Squash 
Bugs and Cucumber Beetles with Pyrocide Dust, see Prices Below. 
Dill Seed 
NOTE: Days from planting to picking are listed here. The letters 
W.S. and B. S. indicate the white spined and black spined varieties. 
Beat for Pickling = 
254. MINCU BABY CUCUMBER— — 
Matures in about 50 days. The short Mak 
fruits, averaging 4 inches long by 1% inches Sh { S. bthe d S. / Ny 
in diameter, are ideal for pickles. They are Cn CHL 
white spined with crisp white flesh and medium 
Be te eee compact and not 256, STRAIGHT EIGHT—All-America 260. IMPROVED LONG GREEN— (67 
inclined to run extensively. A very early heavy @olq ‘Medal Winner. (66 days.) The most de- days.) (Black spined.) This is a standard late 
HOTKAPS protect young cucumber 
plants from beetles until the vines be- 
gin torun. See page 75. 
cropper. Mincu was developed at the Minne- Able slicine I@uetinneee van (Canal aa nee 5 See Saee oe 
et een a SEO sira s g ' ) plant. The variety for home garden; excellent for slicing; 
uehiate Win Meco: ae 10c, 02. 25¢, straight symmetrical fruits grow about 8 inches hardy and prolific. Dependable. Pkt. 10c; oz, 
V/s 2) '8'5e, A .00, prepaid, : long and about 1% inches in diameter. A very 20c, % lb. 70c, Ib. $2.40, prepaid. 
For Color Photo of Mincu see page 80. convenient size and shape. The color is a rich, w 
deep green, Pkt. 10c, oz, 25c, % lb. 75c, lb 27FO,. DAVIS PERFECT—(65 days.) a 
255. F. Ss. & N. CO’S EARLIEST $2.75, prepaid, ‘ S. An excellent mid-season variety for shipping 
PICKLING—(53 days.) The finest strain 
of pickling cucumber. It is early, exception- 
ally vigorous and hardy, and highly produc- 
tive. Its quality is unsurpassed. Fruit: 6 
inches long, 2% inches thick, straight, smooth, 
symmetrical, of dark green color; quality and 
flavor excellent. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 4% lb. 65c, 
lb. $2.10, prepaid. 
257. CHICAGO PICKLING — (59 
days.) B. S. (Westerfield Pickling.) Most 
widely used of the pickling varieties. Also 
good for slicing. Fruit: 6% inches long, 2% 
inches thick, medium green, square ended, at- 
tractive and prolific. Pkt. 10c, 0z, 20c, % Ib. 
60c, lb. $2.00, prepaid. 
=o, All-Season 
Cucumter Collection 
One Earliest Pickling 
Pkt. Taxpayer 34E 
Straight Eight nde 
Each Longfellow ppd. 
or home table use. Splendid quality and ap- 
pearance. Fruit: 9 to 10 inches long, 2% inches 
thick, dark green, tapered at both ends; flesh 
crisp and of good quality. Pkt. 10c, oz, 20c, 
Y%, Ib. 60c, lb. $2.00, prepaid. 
272. THE LONGFELLOW—(70 days.) 
W.S. (Vaughan.) Ideal for home garden, fore- 
ing or shipping. One of the best long, late 
varieties. Excellent quality. Perfectly uniform, 
long, slender shape. Fruit: 12 to 15 inches 
long, 2% inches thick; dark green, symmetrical 
and attractive. Holds color and crispness well 
after picking. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % lb. 75ce, lh, 
$2.50, prepaid. 
278. TAXPAYER (64 days.) W. S. This 
a striking cucumber is uniformly 9 inches in 
aaa hentia with seDering ends and ok an intense 
. . . . . ark green color. roduces cucumbers over a 
Straight Eight—a beautiful streamlined variety. Dee aside of tinidi cand josnwtol.thanene 
259. “A & C” or COLORADO — veloped from Early Fortune which was the best 
W. S. (68 days.) A long, slender cucum- Séller of all White Spines because of its extreme 
ber of excellent shape and intense dark green earliness, and abundant yields. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
color, The fruits are 8 to 9 inches long and 20¢, ¥%4 Ib. 70c, Ib. $2.50, prepaid. 
average 2 inches in diameter; they hold their 
color longer than any other type. Seeds form 
late in the season and are few. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
25¢, Ys, Ib. 75c, lb. $2.50 aid. ‘ 
“3 ian ae 3 For Cress, Egg Plant, Endive, Herbs, 
Kale and Kohlrabi, see page 26. 







_ 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, etc. 
Price 1 1 Ib. 45c 
Prepaid: 5 Ibs. $1.65 
$s 
Not 10 Ibs. $3.10 
Prepaid: 
25 Ibs. $7.50 




FS, (@) N.-Go. May 27, 1946 
Inclosed find check for which send me 5 Ibs. 
Boost "Em, I put some of the solution around 
my lettuce plants and the heads are larger than 
any pictures I have ever seen in a seed catalog. 
The results on my tomato plants are unbeliev- 
able. They are 4 times larger than my neigh- 
bor’s plants, and were set out on the same day. 
Mrs, Mary Stalcup, Falls Church, Va. 





Cucumbers, both large and small, to fill your jars with Crisp Dill, Appetizing Chunk and 
Sweet Pickles. 

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