CUCUMBER 
Boston Pickling—57 days 
Vine—Vigorous, strong grower, prolific, dark green broad leaf. 
Fruit—5-8°'x214-3’’, dark green, slightly tapered, black spine. 
Use—Primarily dills. 
Chicago Pickling—58 days 
Vine—Strong grower, good leaf coverage. 
Fruit—5-7''x2'-234"", dark green, not as cylindrical as National Pickling, tapers 
slightly at ends. Black spine. 
Use—Excellent for dills and small sized stock. 
National Pickling—54 days 
Developed under direction of the National Pickle Packers Assn. at the Michigan 
State College of Agriculture. 
Vine—Leaf is dark green, medium large. Good coverage for fruit. Vine vigorous 
but not as large as Chicago Pickling, and prolific. 
Fruit—5 4-6 4"’x2'4-3"", cylindrical, blunt ended, black spine, dark green. 
Use—For dills and especially desirable for small-sized fancy pickles. 
N. K. & Co. Pickling—58 days 
Developed for an intermediate type between Chicago and National Pickling. 
Vine—Not as vigorous as Chicago but more so than National. Leaf size between 
National and Chicago. 
Fruit—5-7''x2'-3"", will run slightly slimmer than National, not quite as ta- 
pered as Chicago. 
Use—Dill and small fancy pickles. 
Burr Gherkin—60 days 
This is the West Indian Gherkin, 
not a true cucumber. 
N. K. & Co, Pickling Cucumber 
Vine—Strong, vigorous grower, 
good yielder, small. Leaves simi- 
lar to watermelon. Covering 
fruit well. 
Fruit—114-2’’x1"’, small, oval 
shape, light green, uniform. Coy- 
ered with short prickling spine. 
Use—For fancy pickle packs. 
N. K. & Co.’s strains of Pickling 
Cucumbers have been selected under 
mid-west conditions and have out- 
standing vigor, uniformity and yield. 
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