6 O. P. Jackson SEED Company, INc., Houston, TEXAS 
Jacksons. Improved Cucumber Seed. 
STRAIGHT EIGHT. All-America gold medal winner for 1935, 65 
days. Produces Symmetrical, almost cylindrical fruit. Well rounded 
at both ends, quite straight, regularly 8 in. in length and from 1% 
to 2 inches in diameter. Color deep green and is unusually free from 
striping or tipping. An excellent slicing variety. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 
Culture: Form low flat hills, six feet apart 
each way, scatter on each hill 15 to 20 seeds, 
or one every inch along the row, cover about 
% inch deep, pressing the soil firmly. Two 
ounces for 100 feet of drill; two pounds for 
one acre. 
KLONDYKE. A medium early cucumber of 
handsome intensely dark green color and of 
excellent quality for slicing; the vines are 
very hardy and prolific, the matured fruit is 
often 8 inches long and 2% inches in diameter, 
Very uniform in size and shape. Fruit will 
mature in about 70 days. This is the best 
market cucumber we know of and we highly 
recommend it as a shipper for the Northern 
markets. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 14 lb., 75c; Ib., 
$2.00, postpaid. 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN. The fruits of 
this popular cucumber are very long, often 
measuring 12 to 15 inches when mature, very 
uniform, slender, and of a beautiful green 
color. This variety furnishes some fruits very 
early but matures the bulk of its crop rather 
late; fine for slicing and excellent for pickles. 
Very popular as a market gardener’s cucum- 
ber and for home garden. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25c; 
1% Ib., 75c, postpaid. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING. The fruits of this 
excellent variety are usually about 12 inches, 
the fruit being well shaped, straight, and of 
dark green color; flesh is pure white and 
tender; can be grown on a trellis. Ready in 
about 70 days. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; 14 Ib., 75c, 
postpaid. 
LONGFELLOW. A new cucumber, very uni- 
form, slender and a beautiful green color, 
just what the market gardeners have been 
looking for. Last year on the Houston market 
truckers sold Longfellow at 380c per dozen 
more than other varieties. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 30c; 
¥Y Ib., 90c, postpaid. 
Coliceanteceorata § 
Collards 
Culture: As old as the hills but still an 
old standby in the Southwest. For winter 
greens it has’*no equal; not in its best condi- 
tion until touched by frost. Sow early in Jan- 
uary in hotbeds or a little later in the open, 
and if planted in August, sow in cold frames, 
When plants are 6 inches high, transplant, 
setting them 2 feet apart in rows; cultivate 
same as cabbage. %4 ounce to 10 feet of ‘row; 
1 pound to the acre. ‘ 
SOUTHERN or GEORGIA COLLARDS. A 
variety adapted to all parts of the South; 
will make a good crop where the soil is too 
poor to grow cabbage; hardy, standing win- 
ters without serious injury in the Southern 
States. Pkt., 10c; oz., 25c; %4 Ilb., 65c; Ib., 
$1.25, postpaid. 

% |b., 75c; Ib., $2.50. 

Cucumber Cucumber 
Chicago Pickling Straight ‘8’ 
CHICAGO PICKLING. A very early pick- 
ling strain that is the standard, everywhere 
retains its freshness for a long period, tender 
and of excellent flavor; matures in about 50 
days. Pkt., 10c; 0z., 25¢; %4 Ib., 75c, postpaid. 
_ GHERKINS. Not a cucumber proper, but a 
little rough, prickly fruit that grows on a 
pretty vine with leaves somewhat like a water- 
melon vine; excellent for pickling. Pkt., 10c; 
0z., 25c; 14 Ib., 75c, postpaid. 
Seed Pop Corn 
Culture: Plant at the rate of 12 pounds to 
the acre, in drills 3 feet apart, dropping seed 
1% feet apart in the rows, or plant in hills, 
using 6 to 8 pounds to the acre. Cultivate 
same as fiield corn. 
T. N. T. South American yellow pop corn. 
Pkt. 10c, postpaid. 
Timely Harvest 
Every vegetable has a 
period when it is of top 
quality for use. Harvest 
then and use it fresh. Save 
as much as possible, by can- 
ning, drying, salting or stor- 
ing for out-of-season use at 
home. Let none of your 
precious food go to waste. 


