Slate Seed Co., Seedsmen Since 1866, South Boston, Virginia 


Slate’s Extra Early White Spine Cucumber 
165—SLATE’S EXTRA EARLY WHITE SPINE. 
One of the earliest and best cucumbers in cultivation. 
Our strain has been bred and perfected to meet the 
exacting needs of market growers and is now used by 
some of the most critical. Its uniformity, appearance, 
and good quality recommend it just as highly to the 
home grower as to the man who grows for market. 
The fruit is from medium size to large, uniform 
shape, a clear green color shading to a light spot at 
the tip, and matures along with the earliest. 
Pkt. 10e, oz. 20c, %4 lb. 60ce, lb. $2.00, postpaid. 
169—STAYSGREEN.—This is one of the leading 
varieties for market use. It is early producing in 52 
days fruit of medium size and eight to nine inches 
long. It is uniformly colored dark green which it 
retains to maturity. An early, well colored, heavy 
producing cucumber that will command top prices on 
any market. 
Pkt. 10c, 0z. 20c, %4 Ib. 65c, lb. $2.25, postpaid. 
170—A & C SPECIAL.—The long black green 
fruit of this variety have proven most popular on all 
markets. The cucumbers grow about twelve inches 
long, taper slightly at both ends, with a smooth deep 
green skin. It has few seeds with thick flesh. One of 
the best introductions of recent years. 
Pkt. 10c, 0z. 30c, % Ib. 90c, Ib. $2.75, postpaid. 
168—DAVIS PERFECT.—This cucumber is old 
and reliable. It seems to hold friends among both the 
home and market gardeners. It is noted for the per- 
fect fruit it produces. The fruit is long, rather slend- 
er, of a beautiful deep green color, and has few seed. 
Pkt. 10c, 0z. 20c, %4 1b. 60c, Ib. $2.00, postpaid. 
172—IMPROVED LONG GREEN. — This is an 
old sort but still the most popular cucumber in culti- 
vation. It makes an ideal sort for cutting up for 
pickles or for slicing and no other variety offers the 
big yield of enormous fruit that this does. The fruit 
is from ten to fifteen inches long, has a deep green 
color, and crisp, tender flesh. It is rather late in ma- 
turing but its yield and fine fruit readily offset this 
disadvantage. [Every home gardener should make at 
least one planting of this grand variety. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, %4 Ib. 65c, lb. $2.25, postpaid. 
171— CHICAGO PICKLING. — A standard late 
variety which combines all the qualities which go to 
make up an ideal pickling cucumber. The vines are 
hardy and very productive. The fruit runs from small 
to medium size, and can often be pickled whole. 
Pkt. 10c, 0z. 20c, 14 Ib. 60c, lb. $2.00, postpaid. 
174—WEST INDIA GHERKIN.—A small fruited 
prickly variety used for pickling whole. Its fruit is 
never over two or three inches long and is covered 
with spines. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 14 Ib. 65c, lb. $2.25, postpaid. 
Cucumbers 
The soil selected for Cucumbers should be a light 
sand or sand loam. Barnyard litter makes the best 
fertilizer. Prepare large hills about six feet apart 
each way, and plant from eight to ten seed in each 
hill. After the plants get beyond danger from insects, 
thin to four plants per hill and give shallow cultiva- 
tion until the vines begin to run. The time for seed- 
ing extends from just after the last frost in spring 
until August. Cucumbers are very susceptible to 
insect attacks and should be sprayed as soon as the 
bugs appear and as often as they are found. Rotenone 
Dust is a safe and effective means of fighting the 
Cucumber Beetles. Or Arsenate of Lead may be dusted 
around the base of the young plants to control this 
pest. Fungi Bordo used as a dust or in a liquid spray 
every two weeks until the young cucumbers come on 
the vines will help to keep them free from blight and 
prolong the bearing season. 
166—SLATE’S EARLY FORTUNE. — We con- 
sider this the best and most popular market cucum- 
ber grown. It is one of the earliest to produce, very 
productive, and the fruit is far above that of any 
other variety in both quality and appearance. The 
vines are hardy and resist disease to a remarkable 
extent. The fruit is regular in size, matures uniform- 
ly, rather long and of a deep green color, which it 
holds for days after being pulled. In quantity, qual- 
ity, appearance and market value this cucumber can- 
not be equalled. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, %4 Ib. 60c, Ib. $2.00, postpaid. 
167—EARLY CLUSTER. —An early, small and 
very prolific variety. It is an excellent kind for the 
home garden. The vines are extremely hardy and pro- 
duce their fruit in clusters of two or three. The fruit 
is small and of a much better quality than the larger 
ones. They make excellent pickles or the tenderest 
when sliced. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 14 Ib. 60c, Ib. $2.00, postpaid. 

Improved Long Green Cucumber 
