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Cucumber 
Fer am early crop plant in hot beds on Pieces of sod 6x6 inches 
anda three inches thick. Plant 6 seeds in the center of each Piece 
and when true leaves appear and danger of frost is over move plants 
to the field, put them in rows 5 feet apart and 8 feet apart in the 
Most gardeners plant the seed in open ground about May 
10th, dropping 10 to 15 seeds in each hill in rows 5 feet apart and 3 
feet in the row. When the plants get their true leaves thin out 
Give frequent but shallow cultivation and if 
the crop is attacked by beetles give light application of air slacked 
lime mixed with soot and road dust. 1 oz. to 50 hills, 2 Ibs. per acre. 
In our locality cucumbers can be planted up to July 10th. The extra 
row. 
to three in each hill. 
early sorts up to July 20th. 
OULTURE UNDER GLASS—Most creps ander glasa are started 
from early January up to April. Planted in the fall, they i viprerr 
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give best results, benches 6 to 8 inches deep Alled with rotted sod 
mixed with about one-fourth cow manure give good results also. 
The temperature should never be allowed to go under 65 degrees at 
If bees do not come 
Water only when needed then 
give a thorough soaking, prevent cold drafts, fumigate with tobacce 
LIGHTLY as a heavy dose would scorch the foliage and if mildew 
Mulch with manure and apply it ia 
rather slow unless the weather is exceptionally bright. 
night and for pollenizing bees are needed. 
from outside, place a bee hive inside. 
appears use sulphur promptly. 
Hquid ferm when the vines are chewing healthy grewth. 
CONSULT the front pages of this catalog. 
portant novelties Hsted on those pages. 
Express Cucumber is 
the most uniform 
Shaped, Dark Green 
Early Cucumber 
Grown. 
You will 4nd many im- 
Which Is The Best Cucumber? 
The best slicing Cucumber is at present LINDEN’S MARVBL. 
It is hardy, withstands drought and the ravages of lice better than 
Most cucumbers, is extraordinarily productive and the cucumbers 
are real beauties. Both for the home or market it is a very valuable 
variety, also high class for forcing. 
HXTRA EARLY HXPRESS is a much earlier variety ,in fact one 
of the earliest of all cucumbers, and for market invaluable, because 
it yields an immense crop of dark green rather short fruit and ia 
suitable both for slicing as well as for pickling. 
GOLDEN HARVEST is still earlier than Early Fortune and some 
growers regard it a better paying sort, for an early crop, than 
Hxpress; others, however, favor Hxpress, Which of the two is bet- 
ter depends to a large extent on the requirements of the market 
one caters to and the growers themselves must decide this question. 
Try beth and remember that Hxpress and Harly Harvest are of 
value chiefly for an early crop or for a heavy crop of pickles. 
New varieties are being created almost without an end and of 
these the most valuable and worthy of trial are: Marketer, Cubit and 
Palmetto. 
JUMBO is an extra fancy sort with long and most beautiful 
fruit which sells in the market for more than double of other 
Cucumbers, It is nearly seedless, If you want to raise only one 
variety choose BXPRHSS. 
CUCUMBER TRIUMPH because of just right size, length, earli- 
ness, beautiful dark green tolor and because heavily productive, will 
displace most other varieties. EARLY RUSSIAN cucumber produces 
a crop so early that when dry and hot weather arrives, the crop is 
totally out of danger. 
PICKLING CUCUMBERS—Express, Barly Fortune, Golden Har- 
vest and naxDayer ontyreld regular type of pickling cucumbers such 
as Chicago or Jersey Pickling. But they are not wanted by pickle 
factories which demand regular three celled pickling kinds and of 
which National Pickle is the best because it is a vigorous ae 
variety, yields heavy and the fruit is symmetrical, dark green solid, 
Meaning not hollow inside. 
Cucumbers require very rich soll for very best results although 
surprising crops are produced with but little care. A gardener 
friend of ours recommends fertilizing the surrounding area, to be 
covered with the vines, as well as the hill proper, And he says to 
cultivate exceedingly shallow. As he has had unusual success in his 
line, we are passing you this “tip.” The government has issued a 
bulletin, No. 254 Cucumber, and No, 1320, The Production of Cucum- 
bers in Greenhouses; also No. 1563, CUCUMBER GROWING, in 
which every phase of the industry is discussed, which may be had 
without cost by writing the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, 
EXTRA EARLY EXPRESS CUCUMBER 
Fruits from 8 to 10 in. long, symmetrical, straight, smooth, dark 
green throughout the entire length. Produces pickling size fruit 40 
days from date of sowing and large fruit for ine nog! 3 can be pulled in 
45 days. Popular not only because it is a variety that produces both 
pickling size as well as slicing size fruits but also because it never 
fails to produce a hea crop and because when shipped even long 
distance it retains its glossy dark green color, Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Ib. 
$2.20; 5 lbs. or over $2.00 per pound prepaid. : 
CUCUMBER COLORADO (60 days) 
New. Of truly wonderful qualities and as near perfection that 
the originator calls it “the ultimate in a cucumber.” Fruit 9 in. or 
more in length, slim, only 24%4 in. in diameter, very straight, very 
dark green, full at the ends and stays green longer than most sorts. 
Heavily productive and extra early. At present it 1s the finest slicing 
cucumber in existence but is not adapted for pickling as the fruit is 
too slender when young. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Ib. $2.40; 10 Ibs. $22.00. 
CUCUMBER EARLY FORTUNE (58 days) 
Reselected stock producing heavy crops of uniform fruit. Barly 
Fortune is one of the best cucumbers for shipping. It will hold its 
intense dark green color better and remain in prime condition longer 
than almost any other cucumber. The fruit is 9% inches long, 214 
ss tough. tapering at both ends, skin smooth. Pkt. 10c: om 
STAY GREEN LONG STRAIN—Fruit more slender than the orig- 
inal strain, about an inch longer and darker green. Pkt, 10c; oz. 
20c; Ib. $2.00; 10 lbs. $18.00, prepaid. 
KIRBEY’S STAY GREEN (52 days) 
A small, early shipping cucumber ,notable for its intensely dark 
green color An enormous yielder, Recommended chiefly for the 
earliest shipping sections, where length is not a necessity. Un- 
excelled in earliness, color and heavy yielding. Average size 64x2\% 
inches. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20¢; lb. $2.00; 10 Ibs. $18.00. 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN (62 days)—Popular for slicing and for 
big yellow pickles. Size 13x3% inches. Pkt. 10c; 0z. 20c; Ib. $2.20. 
a few days earlier 
TAXPAYER—An improved ata h Aah comin cid eee 
the original strain with fruit fully as long. 
endl Spor Strain. Pkt. 10c; oz. 20c; Ib. $2,00. 
8 HYBRID—Fer size, shape, quality and high resistance to 
pee ime cucumber is unequalled. Bxtremely vigorous, song lived 
vines produce abundantly after others have ceased. Originator’s seed 
and description, Packet about 100 seeds 25c, 
