CUCUMBER 
Slicing varieties—Pickling varieties Page 26 
Marketer (Early Green Market) 
68 days. Southern growers like Marketer be- 
cause of its vigorous vine and ability to stand 
intense heat of late spring. It is extremely 
prolific, throwing an unusually large number 
of female blossoms per plant resulting in 
heavy yields. Said to be a cross of Straight 
8 and A & C. Holds its dark green color well 
and particularly admired for the neat appear- 
ance and uniformity of fruits. Closely re- 
sembles a good strain of A & C; tapering at 
the ends. A shy seeder and the price must be 
higher. 
(Pkt., 10c) (0z., 30c) (4 Ib., 90c) 
Cb., $3.00) prepaid 
Straight-8 66 days. The Straight-8 Cu- 
cumber is an_ outstanding 
breeding accomplishment. Straight-8 produces 
symmetrical, almost cylindrical fruits, well 
rounded at both.ends. When in best market 
condition this white spine variety typifies its 
name, running quite straight, regularly eight 
inches in length and from 1% to 2 inches in 
diameter. In this stage the color is deep 
green and usual- 
ly free from ob- 
jectionable pale 
striping or tip- 
ping. The vines 
are vigorous and 
remarkably pro- 
ductive. Although 
primarily bred 
for the shipping 
trade, its many 
fine qualities 
make it an ideal 
slicing variety for 
the home garden 
and local market. Marketer (Early 
AlS6o used tin athe Green Market) 
South as a long pickling variety. So 
good that it won the “All America” 
Gold Medal Award for 1935. 
(Pkt., 10c) (0z., 25e) (14 Ib., 80c) 
(Ilb., $2.50) (5 Ibs., $11.00) prepaid 

Taxpayer or |mproved 
Early Fortune 64 days. The Tax-' 
payer can best be 
described as a heavy yielding, very 
dark green Early Fortune. It is bred 
from that variety; improvement being 
mostly in its attractive dark green 
color which is carried around the tip 
of the fruits, doing away with the 
objectionable light striping. Fruits 
dark green, tapers abruptly to the 
stem end and slightly to the blossom 
end. An excellent shipper, and one of 
the mildest flavored of the dark green sorts. Length eight to nine 
inches, thickness two and one-half inches. White spined. ‘ 
(Pkt., 10c) (0z., 20c) (1% Ib., 55c) Cb., $1.85) (5 Ibs., $8.25) prepaid 
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Straight-8 Cucumber 
