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Enthusiastic comments from home gar- 
deners, commercial growers and ex- 
periment station trials throughout 
the country, show the Burpee 
Hybrid Cucumber, like hybrid 
corn, to be more vigorous 
growing and more produc- 
tive than any of the best 
standard varieties. 
370 
Burpee Hybrid 
60 days. High resistance 
to mosaic and downy mil- 
dew are the outstanding at- 
tributes of this true first genera- 
tion hybrid white spine, slicing 
type cucumber. Vines are extremely 
vigorous, long lived and bear an 
abundance of well-formed green fruits 
of handsome appearance, 8 in. and more 
long, 2% in. wide, square at both ends with 
medium seed cavity and crispy, white flesh of 
excellent quality. Outyields open pollinated 
varieties because the vines continue to produce 
their fruits most profusely for a long time after the 
others have ceased. 14, oz. $2.20; oz. $4.25; 
14 Ib. $12.75; Ib. $35.00; 
2 to 9 lbs. @ $34.00 per Ib.; 
10 Ibs. or more @ $33.00 per lb. 
Girls hand pollinating cucumber blossoms to produce the Burpee Hybrid Cucumber. This picture was 3 
taken on Floradale Farms. Similar pollinating is done by girls at Fordhook. 
