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CULTURE: As soon as the weather becomes warm and settled, 
plant one inch deep in well prepared soil in hills 4 or 5 feet apart 
each way with 8 to 10 seeds to a hill. Thin to 4 or 5 plants to the 
hill. Thorough but shallow cultivation is essential. One ounce of 
seed will plant about 80 hills. 
M 7 58 days. A favorite for home or market; good producer, 
Straight Eight ideal shipper and of the highest quality. At best table 
size, fruits are 8 in. long and 2% in. in diameter, well rounded at the ends, dark 
green in color, with practically no striping at the blossom end. Its even, deep 
color and symmetrical shape are outstanding characteristics; in faet, it greatly 
resembles the large, handsome, hot-house cucumbers offered. at high prices in 
all the better markets. Valuable white spine cucumber with a very “descriptive 
name. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 44 Ib. 90c; 4/2 lb. $1.50; Ib. $2.50. © 
W. S. (60 days.) A long, slender cucumber 
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A & Cc or Colorado of excellent shape and intense dark green 
color. The fruits are 8-9 inches long and-average 2 inches in diameter; they hold 
their color longer than any other type. Seeds form late in the season and are 
few. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 14 lb. 90c; 1% Ib. $1.50; Ib. $2.50. 
70 days. Ideal for home garden, forcing or shipping. 
Longfellow One of the best long, late varieties. Excellent quality. 
Perfectly uniform, long, slender shape. Fruit: 12 to 15 inches long, 2% inches 
thick; weight 234 lbs., dark green, symmetrical and attractive. Holds color and 
crispness well after picking. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 14, lb. 90c; lb. $2.50, prepaid. 
65 days. Slightly tapering fruit 8 to 9 inches long and 
Early Fortune almost 2% inches thick. Has dark green skin with 
yellow stripes near the tip. Attractive white flesh of good quality. Pkt. 10c; 
oz. 25c; 14 lb. 80c; Yo Ib. $1.40; lb. $2.25. 
’ 68 days. Dark green fruits with tender, brittle, fine 
Davis Perfect flavored flesh. Often 12 inches in length and tapering at 
both ends. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; %4 Ib. 80c; Y% Ib. $1.40; lb. $2.25. 
- = : 60 days. An excellent medium- 
White Spine, Improved Early sized cucumber which produces 
-an early and very abundant crop. Quite slender dark green fruits. Solid white 
flesh. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 4% Ib. 80c; Y Ib. $1.40; Ib. $2.25. 
75 days. Hardy and disease-resistant, and 
Improved Long Green an excellent all ’round late cucumber good 
for pickles or slicing. Grows 12 to 14 inches long. Slender and tapering to ends. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 4 Ib. 80c; Ye Ib. $1.40; 1 Ib. $2.25. 
W = W Very popular as a novelty on account of its color. 
hite onder Pure white in all stages of growth. Produces’ heavy, 
has a fine flavor, and is well worth trying. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 1% lb. $1.50, 
postpaid. 

: Fruit 3144 inches long and nearly round. Lemon 
Lemon Cucumbers yellow color, with white spine. Fine quality. Makes 
good pickles, good for slicing and for stuffing. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c; 1 lb. 
$1.50, postpaid. 

Straight-8 
An unusual new sort that looks like a Muskmelon 
but really is a cucumber. It is a strong and vigorous 
Snake Cucumber 
_ grower. The fruits often are three feet long, and they grow in all sorts of 
twisted up shapes. A novelty but makes good eating too, if you like dill pickles 
or sliced pickles. Try a few of them. Price: Pkt. 10c; oz. 40c. 

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CLIMBING 
- CUCUMBER 
Entirely distinct, being much 
more rugged in its constitution 
and less susceptible to disease 
ordinary cucumber, 
and is immensely more prolific, 
each vine producing from 25 to 
30 eucumbers, even on poor 
soil. The quality is splendid. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; %4 Ib. 90c; 
Y Ib. $1.50; Ib. $2.90. 
' Everbearing 
1 This is a special selection and 
Fancy Pickle ranks at the very top as the best 
type of pickle. It is particularly valuable where blight 
is prevalent, as it is almost immune. Our customers 
who are growing pickles should purchase some of this 
if they wish to put new and perfect blood into their 
stock. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 1% Ib. 95c; % Ib. $1.65; 
Ib: $2:75: ‘ 
Westerfield’s Chicago Pickle 4 ¥ pie 
pickle variety used largely in Chicago pickling houses. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 4% lb. 80c; % Ib. $1.40; Ib. $2.25. 
Claimed to be the earliest cucum- 
ber in cultivation, and will continue 
to blossom and bear fruit the entire season. Good for 
early use and pickles. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; 4 lb. 95c; % 
Ib. $1.50; Ib. $2.75. 
1 One of the very best pickling” 
Green Prolific sorts, very uniform in growth,: 
hardly ever yielding cucumbers too large for pickling ;_ 
exceedingly productive. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; %4 Ib. 90c; 
4 Ib. $1.50; lb. $2.75. : 3 
A short, early variety, growing 
Early Cluster in clusters. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; Ys / 
Ib. 80c; 1% Ib. $1.40; Ib. $2.25. 
i 1 The finest pickling type. Uni- 
National Pickle formly smooth and cylindri- 
eal with well rounded ends. Flesh thick preventing 
splitting in the center and hollow sides in the pickles. 
Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c; 4 lb. 90c; 1% Ib. $1.56; lb. $2.75. 
I - About 60 days. A very 
West India Gherkin About 60 | ay icigeet. 
distinet from all others. It is grown for pickles only 
and must be used when young. Pkt. 10c; oz. 30c; % 
Ib. 95c. ; 
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