Pickling Cucumbers 


Improved Long Green 
Cucumber 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN 
70 Days—The standard cucumber for either slic- 
ing or pickling is the Long Green, the favorite 
variety for home garden. A very heavy cropper 
and hardy. The small pickles are all well shaped. 
While in the slicing stage, the fruits are very at- 
tractive, 10 to 12 ins. long, 2% ins. thick, straight 
and slightly tapered, with few seeds. The skin 
is deep green; flesh very white, crisp and tasty. 
NATIONAL PICKLE 
56 Days—A heavy yielder very valuable for the 
production of small pickles and popular with the 
pickle industry. Fruits dark green, 5% ins. long, 
2% ins. thick and rather blocky in form. 
BOSTON PICKLE OR GREEN PROLIFIC 
58 Days—A splendid pickler reselected with great 
care. Early and a prolific bearer. Fruits bright 
green, 6 ins. long, 2% ins. thick, smooth and 
slightly tapered with blunt ends. An excellent 
pickling variety. 

Dandelion 
1 Oz. per 100 Ft.; 5 lbs. per Acre 
Culture—Seed planted in July and allowed to 
winter over will yield an early crop of tender 
leaves the following Spring. Can also be sown in 
the Spring. Sow in rich soil in drills 12 to 18 ins. 
apart. Thin to 8 ins. in the rows and cultivate well. 
IMPROVED THICK LEAVED 
60 Days—The most profitable variety to grow. The 
plant is compact and upright, forming a rosette 
of large, broad, thick leaves 20 ins. across, dark 
green in color and easily blanched. 

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Green Curled Endive 
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BLACK SPINED VARIETIES 
May also be used for slicing, except Gherkin 
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JERSEY PICKLE 
55 Days—This standard pickling variety produces 
smooth fruit uniform in size, shape and color. A 
deep medium green, 6 ins. long, 2% ins. thick, with 
tapering ends. Flesh crisp and tender at all stages. 
EARLY CLUSTER 
55 Days—Prolific and early, producing small fruits 
in clusters. Pale green in color, black spined, 5% 
to 6 ins. long, 2% ins. thick; chunky, uniform and 
very tasty. 
EVERBEARING 
55 Days—Small, very early, enormously produc- 
tive and used mostly for pickles. Fruit deep green, 
4 to 4% ins. long, 2 ins. thick and chunky. 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN OR BURR 
60 Days—Distinct from cucumber and used for 
very small pickles. Pick while young and tender 
and put in salt water until required for pickling. 
Fruits pale green, covered with prickly spines, 
oval and uniform, 1% ins. long. 

Endive 
45 Oz. per 100 Ft.; 4 lbs. per Acre 
A very wholesome vegetable which can be used — 
as a salad, a garnish or boiled for greens or as a 
flavor for soups. 
Culture—For an early supply sow April 15th; for 
main crop, from the beginning to the middle of 
Summer. Plant the seed % in. deep in rows 18 ins. 
apart and when well started thin the plants to 8 
to 12 ins. apart. When the leaves are 8 ins. long 
they are ready for blanching. Select a dry day, 
gather the outer leaves in the hand and tie closely 
together over the center. Excluding the light 
makes the inside leaves crisp, tender, tasty and 
pale In 3 to 4 weeks they will be blanched ready 
or use. 
GREEN CURLED 
95 Days—The most popular variety 16 to 18 ins. 
in diameter, finely cut, feathery leaves, rich green 
in color which blanch a creamy white. Fine for 
Fall and Winter use. 
FULL HEART BATAVIAN OR ESCAROLLE 
90 Days—A favorite variety 16 ins. in diameter 
with broad leaves, twisted and waved, of a bright 
green color. Forms a very compact heart which 
blanches to creamy white. : 

