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316—Straight Eight Cucumber 
CUCUMBER 
(Fr. Concombre) 
CULTURE.—For a very early crop, sow in a hot 
bed in pots or in sods first week of March. Transfer 
to cold frame in April. Take off the sashes in June. 
For an ordinary crop, sow in the open ground 
when danger of frost is over, in hills 4 to 5 feet 
apart, leaving 3 to 4 plants per hill. The soil must 
be very rich and retentive of moisture. One ounce 
will plant 100 hills; 2 Ibs. per acre. 
Prices prepaid of all varieties except where noted: 
Pkt. $0.10; 14 ox. $0.18; 1 oz. $0.30; 14 Ib. $0.92; 
14 Ib. $1.65; 1 Ib. $2.75 
312—XXX FORCING W.H.P.’S. Early Fortune 
type, extremely prolific and especially adapted for 
forcing in cold frames. 55 days. 
313—A. & C. Very uniform, nearly cylindrical 
and dark green. Quite similar to Longfellow but 
shorter. 68 days. 
314—DELCROW. 

Originally developped for 
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333—Cucumber Paris Pickling 
340—Cucumber Crystal Apple 


311—Cucumber Marketeer 
348—English Telegraph 
greenhouse growing but has proved to be equally desirable fot outdoor use. ‘Very dark-green, symetrical, 
smooth and free from spines. The flesh is tender crisp and delicous. 9" long, 2144” thick, 68 days. 
315—WINDERMOOR WONDER or LONGFELLOW. Very desirable for home garden and for shipping 
Sometimes used for greenhouse forcing. Fruits 12 to 15" long, dark green, uniform, straight and attractive. 
70 days. 
316—STRAIGHT EIGHT. All America Gold Medal for 1985. Symetrical cylindrical fruits about 8” in 
length, deep green when ready for use. An id2al cucumbzer for all purposes. 66 days. 
318—TAX PAYER. Also a very desirable variety for the garden and market. Quite similar to Straight 
Eight but a little shorter and earlier. 63 days. 
319—CLARK’S SPECIAL or I[IMPERATOR. Award of merit All America for 1933. An outstanding 
variety, fruits 814 to 10” long, 244” thick, handsome, very dark green color. Very few seeds. 63 days. 
320—DAVIS PERFECT. Well known standard variety. Fruits dark green, tapered at both end, flesh 
crisp-and of good quality. 65 days. 
321—EARLY FORTUNE. Desirable for shipping and good for slicing. Fruits medium deep green, slightly 
tapering. Flesh firm and crisp. 63 days. 
322—WHITE SPINE IMPROVED. Popular among the older early sorts. 
medium green, 8 to 9’. 60 days. 
323—LONG GREEN IMPROVED. Standard late variety for home garden. 
slicing. 70 days. 
330—JAPANESE CLIMBING. This variety is a real climber and can be grown on poles and trellis. A 
blackspine sort; fruits 9” long, 214” thick, fine quality. 60 days. 
333—PARIS PICKLING. Very popular pickling sort, fruits dark green and produced in quantity. 
Should be picked when small. 55 days. 
334—NATIONAL PICKLING. Most popular variety in the States. Excellent specially for those interested 
in small high grade pickles. Dark green in color. Black spines. 54 days. 
335—HEINZ PICKLING. Very popular all over North America. A heavy producer. 
beautiful appearance. 55 days. 
338—WEST INDIA GHERKINS. Dinstinct from cucumber. Used for very small pickles. 3 to 4 ounces 
Pale green, covered with prickly spines. Oval and uniform. 60 days. 
340—CRYSTAL APPLE. In appearance it resembles an apple. Creamy-white. Does not turn to yellow 
at maturity. Heavy producer, crisp, tender and mild in flavour. 65 days. 
341—LEMON. Of superior quality for slicing and general salad use. Fine for pickles. Fruits deep lemon 
yellow, 344” long and almost as thick. 65 days. 
343—WHITE WONDER. White at all stages of growth. Produced in clusters 7 to 744’. 60 days. 
345 — VOORBURG HOT 
HOUSE. (English Telegraph 
type). The finest strain of hot 
house cucumber that we know. 
Has no equal for bearing quality 
uniformity and color of fruits. 
Does well in the hot bed and 
outside. Pkt. $0.25; 5 pkts. 
for $1.00; prepaid. 
348 — ENGLISH TELE- 
GRAPH. The standard variety 
for greenhouse forcing. Fruits 
15 to 18’ long, dark green. 
Very symetrical. (Sold out.) 
Fruits semi-blunt ended, 
12 to 138”, excellent for 
Small fruits of 
311I—_ MARK ETEER 
Bronze medal and Blue 
Ribbon All America Se- 
lections for 1948. Very 
vigorous, prolific, rich dark 
green, ideal slicing, market 
and shipping variety. Most 
perfect yet produced, Pkt. 
$0.10; 4% oz. $0.21; 1 oz. 
$0.35; 14 lbs. $1.17; % Ib 
$2.10; 1 lb. $3.50; prepaid. 

345—Voorburg Hothouse W.H.P.’s special 
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