14 MARKET GARDENERS’ SEED STORE 

Longfellow 
CUCUMBER (Cont.) 
SLICING VARIETIES FOR OUTDOOR CULTURE 
Oz. 
Longfellow. An excellent, long, slender, dark green variety 
equally desirable for greenhouse forcing or out-door culture, 
and an ideal type for the private garden or as a “straight 
pack” variety for shipment to market. It measures 12 to 
14-in> lonevand is: fairly early. 60 daysia tonne tes. eco e $0.25 
Woodruff’s Ace. 1936 introduction, a white-spined cucumber, 
intermediate between Hybrid and Longfellow. Has practi- 
cally no white stripes or tipping and holds its color when 
shipped. Runs nearly 12 inches long. Not adapted to pick- 
ling. Outyields Longfellow by far and has few seeds...... 20 
Cubit. All-American Bronze Medal 1944. Long, blunt-ended and 
cylindrical; a prolific, white-spined main crop variety, of 
smooth, crisp texture with small seed cavity, and admirably 
adapted for slicing. Holds its flesh quality well in shipping or 
at Market ~—wapie cts pee ene occ erst caste eet ec epeeiees m5) 
Colorado. A very attractive variety for Market Gardeners and 
for shipping. Fruit very dark green, cylindrical, tapering at 
stem end, with small seed area. One of the choicest 
varieties at present in cultivation, both for appearance and 
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Marketer. A new Asgrow variety. Vines very vigorous and 
prolific; fruits slightly tapered to each end, very dark 
green in color, notably uniform and trim in appearance; 
an attractive cucumber for the early market. 65 days.... .25 
Cucumber, Straight-8. Gold Medal Award in the All-America 
Trials of 1935. The most outstanding variety of cucumber 
developed during the last decade. Straight-8 is ideal in 
size, shape, and color. When in prime condition, it averages 
8 inches long, is uniformly cylindrical, and possesses the 
desirable deep dark green color which it retains........... 25 
A & C. Noted especially for its dark green color, which it holds 
very well; length 10 to 12 inches, slim and smooth; a fine 
slicer,” 68 days<: < 22h, NUS cee «ees Hee ee Se AN 
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