CUCUMBER 
Cucumis sativus 
BLACK SPINED VARIETIES 
BOSTON PICKLING (GREEN PROLIFIC) ; . . 58-60 days 
Fruits: 2-2’% x 6-7” when mature for seed; pickles are medium green, 
slightly tapered. Not as uniform a crop as NATIONAL PICKLING. 
CHICAGO PICKLING (WESTERFIELD) ._. . 59-62 days 
Fruits: 2%4-25 x 6-7” when mature for seed. Fruits slightly bulging in 
middle at maturity, but pickles are uniform, cylindrical, medium green 
and square ended. This strain is very prolific and heavily spined at 
pickling stage. 
DAVIS BLEND... . 54-56 days 
Fruits: 2-2 x 6-7” when mature for seed. Pickles are dark green, cylin- 
drical, blocky ends. Very vigorous and high yielding. Exceptionally 
popular with pickle packers because the growers like the yield. 
EARLY CLUSTER... - s DD2Do.days 
Fruits: 2% -234 x 5-534” when mature for seed; pickles are medium green, 
cylindrical, square at both ends; produces uniform set early and is 
popular for early slicing as well as for pickling. 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN (LONDON) ._. . . 66-69 days 
Fruits: 212-2% x 10-12” , long, cylindrical, rounded stem end and abrupt- 
ly tapered tip, cross section varies from circular to triangular; medium 
dark green with sparse striping at tip; thick, firm, crisp, flesh with 
small to medium seed cavity. 
JAPANESE CLIMBING... . 65-70 days 
Fruits: 2-212 x 7-8", cylindrical, rounded at both ends, circular cross 
section; medium to light green, medium to large seed cavity, thin to 
medium thick flesh; fair quality. Chiefly a novelty because of its dis- 
tinctive climbing habit. 
JERSEY PICKLING... . . 59-62 days 
Fruits: 2-24 x 6-8” when mature for seed; pickles are medium green, 
slightly tapered at both ends, slender and fairly uniform. 
LEMON . . . 64-68 days 
Fruits: 2- 2% x oy: 314" , triangular to quadrangular with square ends, dis- 
tinctive bright yellow color all during development of fruit, large seed 
cavity, flesh not too thick. Considered very good for slicing and salads. 
Also used for pickles. 
MAINE NO 2... . 54-56 days 
Fruits: 2-2/4 x 6-7” when mature for seed: pickles a are light green, in- 
clined to be pointed at both ends. Blocky i in middle tapering to both 
ends. Similar in quality to BOSTON PICKLING. High quality fruit, and 
very productive vine. An attempt to combine pickling qualities with 
slicing qualities. Scab-resistant. 
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