CUCUMBERS 
One package of seed will sow 25 hills; 1 ounce about 100 hills. 
_. Cucumbers should be raised in every home garden. They can be grown to perfection with ordinary care. Plant seed when danger from frost 
's over, Gn inch deep in hills 4 to 6 feet apart each way, dropping six seeds in a hill. When second set of leaves has formed, thin to 3 plants to 
a hill. Cultivate thoroughly until runners make this impossible. If plants are attacked by beetles, spray with Bordeaux, arsenate of lead, or use 
one of the new DDT sprays or dusts. Make a second sowing of seed about 5 weeks later to furnish you with Cucumbers and pickles for preserving. 
For earlier Cukes place Hotkaps over the seed 
after you plant it. The keep the soil moist, bugs 
away, protect from frcst. . 
A and C. The most popular Cucumber in the East both 
with the commercial grower and the home gardener. An 
outstanding kind for shipping on account of its deep 
j green color which is retained for an unusually long time 
after picking—a feature especially desirable for those 
who send their Cucumbers to market. This white-spined 
Cucumber grows about 10 inches long and 21/4 inches 
thick. The fruits are straight and shapely and of very 
high quality. Flesh is crisp and of very delicious flavor. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 35¢; 4 Ib, $1-00 
Chicago Pickling. An old favorite kind that is ready for 
picking in 58 days. Valuable for pickling as they are 
enormously productive. Fruits of even size, blunt-ended, 
6 to 7 inches long, rich dark green skin with few warts. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c 

Cubit. all-America Bronze Medal for 1944, A splendid 
‘home and market garden kind, cylinder-shaped and about 
8 inches long. The ends are blunt, making it an ideal 
slicing fruit. The skin is lustrous dark green and the 
flesh firm and pure white. Very vigorous and very heavy 
bearing. We have heard some very complimentary things 
said about Cubit. Many experienced gardeners like Cubit 
better than Marketer. Here we think Marketer is slightly 

better. 
If you like small, crisp pickles and lots of them, grow National Pickling 
Deltus. Originated by Adelbert Titus of 
Irondequoit, N. Y., and introduced by Hart & 
Vick. Probably the most attractive looking 
Cucumber in cultivation. A white spine type 
that grows about 10 inches long and 3 inches 
in diameter. Very uniform in shape and size. 
Smooth very dark green skin and firm white 
flesh that remains crisp and seedless for a very 
long time. The one fault with Deltus is that 
it is not a heavy bearer. 
Pkg. 15c; oz. 45c; Y% Ib. $1.25 
Early White Spine. An early, smooth, straight 
Cucumber 7 inches long and 21/ inches thick. 
Its color is dark green. Excellent for slicing 
when fully grown or when small for finger and 
dill pickles. A very productive variety. 
Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; 14 Ib. 95c 
Highmoor. An outstanding new slicing 
kind developed by Dr. Russell Bailey of the 
Maine Experiment Station. The fruit is of very 
high quality and thick meated, 8 to 9 inches 
long, cylinder-shaped with blunt, round. ends 
and very dark green in color. The plant is very 
vigorous growing and a splendid producer of 
good looking fruit, nearly immune to scab and 
resistant to mosaic and downy mildew. 
Pkg. 25c¢ 
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Cucumbers are divided into two classes. The 
“Black Spine’ and the “White Spine.” The 
spines being the bristles showing on the fruit 
when it is young. The black spined kinds turn 
yellow when ripe. The white spines turn white. 
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FERTILE POTS 
Make Stronger Plants and 
Earlier Crops 
Pots made of plant food and manure that 
hold moisture and feed the plant as it 
grows. Plant the seed right in the pot and 
set pot and all right in the ground when the 
time comes to plant your garden. The plant 
suffers no set-back from transplanting and 
the roots grow right through the pot. 
No. 2% (about 214 inches in diameter), 
55¢ for 12; $1.75 for 50, postpaid. $2.75 
for 100; $5.00 for 250, not prepaid. 
No. 3 (about 3 inches in diameter), 60c 
for 12; $1.90 for 50, postpaid. $3.00 
for 100; $5.50 for 250, not prepaid. 

improved Long Green. A standard variety 
for slicing and largely for pickling. The vines 
are vigorous and productive. The Cucumbers 
are long, slender, dark green, with warts and 
=nines well distributed. Popular in home and 
market garden. Pkg. 10c; oz. 35c; 14 Ib. $1.00 
Longfellow. Slender, 10- to 12-inch, dark 
olive-green fruit of high quality. The vines are 
vigorous and productive, and less subject to the 
‘sual Cucumber plant diseases than any other 
kind. This is a splendid slicing variety. 
Pkg. 15c; oz. 45c; Yq Ib. $1.25 
Marketer. Rich dark green fruits, uniformly 
cylindrical in shape, slightly tapered ends and 
about 8 inches in length. 
white, and of fine flavor. Vines are vigorous 
growing and bear unfailing big crops for a 
long season. This new variety is attracting the 
attention of commercial growers of quality Cu- 
cumbers and promises to be a most popular 
variety. Pkg. 15c; oz. 45¢; V4 Ib. $1.25 
Mixed Cucumbers. Made up of the large 
slicing varieties and the smaller dills and 
picklers. Many gardeners have asked us for 
such a mixture as Cucumbers seem to do better 
when varieties are mixed in the garden and 
cross pollenized. 
Pkg. 15c; oz. 45c; 1% Ib. $1.25 

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Flesh thick, crisp, 
Marketer is one of the new Cucumbers with @ very bright future 
Pkg. 15c¢; oz. 45c; Ya Ib. $1.25 
National Pickling. Anyone who likes the 
sniall sweet or sour pickles will want to grow 
a great patch of this new Cucumber. Like- 
wise, if you are partial to “‘dills,” let the 
Cukes remain on the vines until they are of 
the right size. The vines are. thrifty and 
bear heavy crops. We recommend to commer- 
cial pickle growers our stock of this pickler It 
will please their most critical trade. 
Pkgs lOc; oz, Soc 4/4 Ibi-95e 
Straight-8. Very prolific. This variety has 
made a strong appeal to local market garden- 
ers because of its size and appearance. The 
fruits are about 8 inches long and from 114 to 
2 inches in diameter, with rounded ends. The 
skin is deep green, while the flesh is pure 
white, crisp and tender. A good kind to grow 
under glass. Few seeds, 
Pkg. 15c; oz. 45c; Y4 Ib. $1.25 
Vick’s Apple Cucumber. This splendid 
Cucumber is nearly round, with yellow and 
green markings and smooth skin, similar to 
the lemon. The flesh is tender and crisp, with 
a sweetness and flavor surpassing all other 
Cucumbers. Fruit is from 2 to 3 inches in 
diameter, and of handsome appearance. For 
pickling, either when green or ripe, they are 
unexcelled. Ready for table when fruits turn 
vellow. Pkg. 15c; oz. 45¢ 


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