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| PE 1) hybrid white spine, slicing type cucumber. Vines 
‘ are extremely vigorous, long lived and bear an abun- 
dance 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. 
_ Burpee Hybrid Cucumber outyields open 
_ pollinated varieties because the vines 
i continue to produce their fruits most 
_ profusely for a long time after the 
4 others have ceased. Gardeners every- 
_ where write us of the wonderful re- 
sults they are having with this 
_ cucumber. Hundreds of testi- 
monials could be printed but 
; _ space does not permit; we are 
_ picking a few at random. 
Pkt. (30 seeds) 30¢; 


P ‘ 2 pkts. 55¢; 
SS 3 pkts. 75¢; 
ae 5 pkts. $1.20; 
Yh oz. $2.75; 
s oz. $4.75 
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NOTE: Care should 
be used in picking 
cucumbers so as not to 
injure the vines. Do not 
yank or pull them off the 
plant; fruits should be cut 
from the plants with a small 
Part of the stem attached. 
Explanation of White Spine and Black Spine 
- Cucumbers are divided into two families, ‘‘White Spine’ and 
| “Black Spine.” The spines are the miniature stickers that pro- 
| trude from the warts when fruits are young. White spine cucum- 
ats turn to a creamy white when old; black spine varieties turn 



e. ag cucumbers listed on the two following pages, with the exception . 
ay of Improved Long. Green, are white-spined; pickling cucumbers, 
offered on page 79, are black-spined. 
ORIGINATED ON BURPEE’S FORDHOOK FARMS 
60 days. High resistance to mosaic and downy mildew are 
_ the outstanding attributes of this true first generation 








Shown in 
color on 
back cover 
**__T tried your Burpee Hy- 
brid Cucumbers last year 
and was more than pleased. 
They resisted first frosts and 
continued to bear till real late in 
September. Never saw anything 
like them. . he 
Mrs. R. Reitz, Sr., Falls Creek, Pa. 
“_T am especially pleased with the 
Burpee Hybrid Cucumber. From 8 hills 
I picked better than 900 cucumbers, none 
under 8 ain. .seee 
Bertram Pickess, Franklin, N. H. 
‘‘“_From 8 plants of Burpee Hybrid Cucumber, I 
picked almost a peck at one time. They climbed a 
wire fence and these beautiful straight cucumbers 
were a sight to behold. I never had an pean like 
this one in raising any vegetables, and I have been 
planting for about 25 years. . . 
Mrs. R. R. Arthur, Waynesboro, Pa. 
“We have been growing Burpee Hybrid Cucumbers 
ever since, you introduced them and we think they are the 
finest of all—both from standpoint of quality of fruit—and 
the yield from the disease resistant vines. . . 
Miss E. G. Arrel, Poland, Ohio 
“__T planted four hills of your wonderful Burpee Hybrid Cucum- 
ber last spring and they were still bearing profusely | when the 
vines were killed by heavy frost in October. This is very remark- 
able in this locality in western Kansas, where cucumbers are hard 
to raise because of hot and dry climate... .” 
RG, Taylor, Ness City, Kansas 
““—We cannct praise Burpee Hybrid Cucumber too much. It was 
simply amazing how these vines produced. The cucumbers were 
extra nice and were borne late in the season, after other varieties 
had ceased to bear. .. .” Samuel Jones, N. Roswell, Georgia 
‘‘__We think the Burpee Hybrid Cucumbers are superior to any , 
other kind for slicers because of their mild, sweet, delicate flavor 
and crispness. We plant only Hybrid Tomatoes (some of each 
kind) because of their fine flavor, large yield, long bearing and 
freedom from blight. .. .” N. H. Merrill, Andover, Ohio 
‘*__Burpee’s Hybrid Cucumber and Burpee’s Hybrid Tomatoes 
were outstanding in production. I’ve never had any luck at all 
with cucumbers before, and despite dry weather I won prizes at 
two fairs with my Burpee Hybrid Cucumber entries. . . .” 
E. W. Curtis, Huntington, W. Va. 
‘‘__T feel I should express to you my appreciation for the Burpee 
Hybrid Cucumbers which I grew last year for the first time. The 
vines were extremely sturdy and produced fine cucumbers right up 
until the early part of October when the first frost came. I had 
little trouble with the cucumber beetle and, for the first time in 
my experience, my cucumber vines did not go to pieces the latter 
part of August. The cucumbers themselves were delicious and 
could not have been better for table oses. . . 
SA 1 ont all, Rochester, NYS 
For other Cucumbers, see next two pages.. 77 
