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CUCUMBER, Continued Days to 
Maturity 
from Seed 
Early Cluster: Medium green. Fruit sometimes borne in clusters, 
square at both ends, useful for early slicing as well as for pickles. 
Length 51% inches, slicing diameter 212 to 234 inches when fully 
developed. 52 
Early Russian: Medium light green, early and very prolific. Fruit 
short oval, a good early pickling sort. Length 4 inches, slicing 
diameter 2 inches. 54 
Everbearing: Rich medium green, very prolific, should be kept closely 
picked, will go on bearing for a long time. Length 5 inches, slicing 
diameter 2 inches when fully developed. 52 
National Pickling: Dark green, prolific. Fruits are blunt at both ends 
and maintain their shape at all stages of their development, thick 
walls, a leading pickling variety. Length 6 inches, slicing diameter 
2¥ inches when fully developed. 56 
Snows Pickling: Dark green, prolific, square at both ends even when in 
small pickling stage. Length 5% inches, slicing diameter 214 
inches when fully developed. Highly recommended. D4 
West India Gherkin (Cucumis anguria): Fruits pale green, oval and uni- 
form in shape, covered with prickly spines, used for very small 
pickles; has a distinct and pleasing flavor. Length 214 inches, 
diameter when fully developed about 1% to 11 inches. 60 
Yorkstate Pickling: Introduced by the Plant Breeding Department of 
Cornell University (1949). It is a mosaic-resistant cucumber, simi- 
lar in type and performance to National Pickling. A result of vari- 
ous crosses, it has been tested at Ithaca for two years and by a 
number of seedsmen in 1948. When mosaic is not present it is 
almost indistinguishable from National Pickling, perhaps two days 
later in reaching maturity. Experiments in inoculating Yorkstate 
Pickling with mosaic virus have proved that it is very resistant to 
that disease, rarely spreading beyond a few leaves from the point 
of infection and no symptoms have shown on the pickles. 08 
Lemon (or Apple Shaped): Round variety, slightly elongated, very pro- 
lific and sweet flavored and most digestible. At its best when 
yellow markings first appear on skin, in its earlier stages of devel- 
opment. About 3 inches in diameter. 65 
Crystal Apple: Similar to Lemon Apple in everything but color. Crys- 
tal Apple is a pleasant creamy white. About 3 inches in diameter, 
but has white spines. 65 
Improved Long Green: Medium dark green. Fruits are long, slightly 
tapered, slender, warted. Length 12 inches, slicing diameter 242 
inches. 68 
Japanese Climbing: Medium green, cylindrical, rounded at both ends, 
good quality. Especially adapted for climbing trellis and covering 
fences. Length 9 inches, slicing diameter 21% inches. 60 
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