CUCUMBERS 
One ounce will plant 50 hills; 
three pounds for an acre. 
CULTURE—Cucumbers require warm rich 
soil. When all danger of frost is past, plant 
in low flat hills, 4 to 6 feet apart each way. 
Scatter 10 to 12 seeds in a one foot circle in 
each hill and cover one-half inch. If the soil 
is naturally poor, work a forkful of decayed 
manure into each hill before planting. When 
plants are about 5 inches tall, thin out, leav- 
ing the five strongest to each hill. Keep the 
soil cultivated as long as it can be done with- 
out injuring the spreading vines. Kill Squash 
Bugs and Cucumber Beetles with Pyrocide 
Dust, see Prices Below. 
NOTE: Doys from planting to picking are listed here. 
The letters W. S. and B. S. indicate the white spined 
and black spined varieties. 
Small Pickle Type 
274. MINCU BABY CUCUMBER— 
Matures in about 50 days. The short oval 
fruits, averaging 4 inches long by 1% inches 
in diameter, ideal for pickles. They are 
white spined with qrisp white flesh and medium 
green skin. Th vines are compact and not 
inclined to run tensively. A very early heavy 
cropper. Mincu developed at the Minne- 
sota Kxperiment Station. Pkt. 10c,. oz. 25c, 
Y, Ib. 85c, Ib. $3.00, prepaid. 
For Color Photo of Mincu see page 80, 
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276. CHICAGO PICKLING — (59 
days.) B. S. (Westerfield Pickling.) Most 
widely used of the pickling varieties. Also 
good for slicing. Fruit: 6% inches long, 2% 
inches thick, medium grgen, square ended, at- 
tractive and prolific. Pkt. 10c, oz, 20c, % Ib. 
60c, Ib. $2.00, prepaid. 
All-Season 
Cucumber Collection 




One ) Chicago Pickling 
Pkt. Taxpayer 36 ¢ 
Straight Eight ap 
Bache aantalioi ppd. 

For Dill Seed, See Page 13 


Non-Poison PYROCIDE DUST 
To Protect Your Cucumber Vines 
Now you can protect melons, squash and cukes with 
non-poison Pyrocide, a new type dust, so powerful it con- 
trols these hard-to-kill pests, and most all types of sucking 
and chewing insects on fruits and vegetables including 
Aphids, Cabbage Worms, Mexican Bean Beetles, Leaf 
Hoppers, as well as house pests: flies, ants, etc. 
Price Prepaid: 1 Ib. 60c, 5 Ibs. $2.50 



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287. NEW HIGHMOOR—A new scab-re- 
sistant cucumber, developed by the Maine Ex- 
periment Station, that has proven to be a good 
shipper, and ideal for home and market. garden. 
The plant is vigorous, very healthy and of dark 
color. Leaves are somewhat savoyed. The fruit 
is of excellent type and quality, 8 to 9 inches 
long, of cylindrical shape, with blunt round ends, 
dark green color and small seed cavity—an ex- 
cellent slicer. Pkt. 10c, 02. 25c, % Ib, 75c, Ib. 
$2.50, prepaid, 
280. TAXPAYER—(64 days.) W. S. This 
striking cucumber is uniformly 9 inches in 
length, with tapering ends and of an intense 
dark green color, Produces cucumbers over a 
long period of time, and many of them. De- 
veloped from Early Fortune which was the best 
seller of all White Spines because of its extreme 
earliness, and abundant yields. Pkt, 10c, oz. 
20c, % Ib. 70c, Ib. $2.40, prepaid. 
281. DAVIS PERFECT—(65 days.) W. 
S. An excellent mid-season variety for shipping 
or home table use. *~Splendid quality and ap- 
pearance. Fruit: 9 to 10 inches long, 2% inches 
thick, dark green, tapered at both ends; flesh 
crisp and of good quality. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 
Y% Ib, 60c, Ib. $2.00, prepaid, 



























< “A and C” 
or Colorado— 
Symmetrical, dark 
green in color, with 
crisp, delicious flesh. 


Dep Salad Slicing G 
Straight Eight—a beautiful streamlined variety. 



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New Garibe 
HYBRID 
Cucumber 
See Color Photo Front Cover. 
282. FARIBO HYBRID “Cc” 

duces a continuous crop of uniformly 
large handsome fruits from vigorous, - 
disease-resistant Hybrid Plants. Devel- 
oped by Dr. A. E, Hutchins of,.the Minn, 
Exp. Station and F,.S. & N. Co, The 
color is an intensely rich deep green, and 
the flesh fine-grained, sparkling white 
and crisp. Smooth and symmetrical in 
shape, with blunt ends, the cucumbers 
are just right for pickles when young, 
and make perfect 8 to 9-inch slicers 
when full grown. Pkt. 25c, prepaid. 
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283. STRAIGHT EIGHT—All-America 
Gold Medal Winner. (66 days.) The most de- 
sirable slicing cucumber you can plant. The 
straight symmetrical fruits grow about 8 inches 
long and about 1% inches in diameter. A very 
convenient size and shape. The color is a rich, 
deep green. “Pkt. 10c, 0z. 25c, % Ib., 75c, Ib. 
$2.50, prepaid, 
284. IMPROVED LONG GREEN—(67 
days.) (Black spined.) This is a standard late 
variety for home garden; excellent for slicing; 
hardy and prolific. Dependable. Pkt. 10c¢, oz. 
20c, % Ib. 70c, Ib. $2.25, prepaid. 
285. “A & C” or COLORADO—W, §. 
(68 days.) A long, slender cucumber of excel- 
lent shape and intense dark green color. The 
fruits are 8 to 9 inches long 
and average 2 inches in diam- 
eter; they hold their color long- 
er than any other type. Seeds 
form late in the season and are 
few. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % Ib. 
75c, lb. $2.25, prepaid. ae 
} 286. THE LONGFELLOW 
| ——(70 days.) W. S. (Vaughan.) 
| Ideal for home garden, forcing or 
' shipping. One of the best long, 
late varieties. Excellent quality, 


Perfectly uniform, long, slender 
shape. Fruit: 12 to,15 inches 
long, 2% inches thick; dark 
green, symmetrical and attractive. 
Holds color and crispness well 
after picking. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 
Y% Ib. 75c, lb. $2.25, prepaid, 
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Hot Houses force growth of plants 
to bring them on the market two to 
four weeks earlier than normally. Early 
crops bring the greatest return. For 
Prices see page 75. 
Use Paxton Hot Houses to Force Cucumbers for Early Market, See Page 75. 
