280. TAXPAYER—(64 days). W. S. This strik- 
ing cucumber is uniformly 9 inches in length, 
with tapering ends and of an intense dark green 
color. Produces cucumbers over a long period 
of time, and many of them. Developed from 
Early Fortune which was the best seller of all 
White Spines because of its extreme earliness, 
and abundant yields. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, % |b. 
70c, lb. $2.40, prepaid. 
283. STRAIGHT EIGHT—All-America Gold 
Medal Winner. (66 days). The most desirable 
slicing cucumber you can plant. The straight 
symmetrical fruits grow about 8 inches long and 
about 12 inches in diameter. A very convenient 
size and shape. The color is a rich, deep green. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, %4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.50, prepaid. 
284. IMPROVED LONG GREEN—(67 days). 
(Black spined.) This is a standard late variety 
for home garden; excellent for slicing; hardy 
and prolific. Dependable. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, %4 
lb. 70c, lb. $2.25, prepaid. 
285. “A & C” or COLORADO—W. S. (68 days). 
A long, slender cucumber of excellent shape and 
intense dark green color. The fruits are 8 to 
9 inches long and average 2 inches in diameter; 
they hold their color longer than any other type. 
Seeds form late in the season and are few. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, %4 lb. 75c, lb. $2.25, prepaid. 
286. THE LONGFELLOW—{70 days). W. S. 
(Vaughan). Ideal for home garden, forcing or 
shipping. One of the best long, late varieties. 
Excellent quality. Perfectly uniform, long, slen- 
der shape. Fruit: 12 to 15 inches long, 2% 
inches thick; dark green, symmetrical and at- 
tractive. Holds color and crispness well after 
picking. Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % lb. 75c, lb. $2.25, 
prepaid. 
287. HIGHMOOR—A new scab-resistant cucum- 
ber, developed by the Maine Experiment Station, 
that has proven to be a good shipper, and ideal 
for home and market garden. The plant is vigor- 
ous, very healthy and of dark color. Leaves 
are somewhat savoyed. The fruit is of excellent 
type and quality, 8 to 9 inches long, of cylin- 
drical shape, with blunt round ends, dark green 
color and small seed cavity—an excellent slicer. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, % lb. 75c, lb. $2.50, prepaid. 
All-Season CUCUMBER 
COLLECTION 
Chicago Pickling 
oe Taxpayer 36c 
ait Straight Eight 
Longfellow PREPAID 
Page 12 
Gor SALAD SLICING 
and PICKLING 
New Garite 
HYBRID 
CUCUMBER 
See Color Photo 
Front Cover 
282. FARIBO HYBRID “C’—Produces a 
continous crop of uniformly large 
handsome fruits from vigorous disease- 
resistant Hybrid Plants. Developed by Dr. 
A. E. Hutchins of the Minn. Exp. Station 
and F. S. & N. Co. The color is an in- 
tensely rich deep green, and the flesh fine- 
grained, sparkling white and crisp. Smooth 
and symmetrical in shape, with blunt ends, 
the cucumbers are just right for pickles 
when young, and make perfect 8 to 9-inch 
slicers when full grown. Pkt. 25c, prepaid. 
FOR DILL SEED, See Page 13 
Non-Poison 
PYROCIDE DUST 
To Protect Your 
Cucumber Vines 
Now you can protect melons, 
squash and cukes with non- 
poison Pyrocide, a new type 
dust, so powerful it controls 
these hard-to-kill pests, and 
most all types of sucking and 
chewing insects on fruits and 
vegetables including Aphids, 
Cabbage Worms, Mexican 
Bean Beetles, Leaf Hoppers, 
as well as house pests: flies, 
ants, etc. 
Price Prepaid: 1 Ib. 60c, 5 
Ibs. $2.50 
large dark green leaves. 
(See page 2.) Pkt. 25c, postpaid. 
Straight Eight—A Beautiful Streamlined Variety 
CUCUMBERS 
One ounce will plant 50 hills: three pounds for 
an acre, 
CULTURE—Cucumbers require warm rich soil. 
When all danger of frost is past plant in low flat 
hills, 4 to 6 feet apart each way. Scatter 10 to 
12 seeds in a one foot circle in each hill and 
cover one-half inch. If the soil is naturally poor, 
work a forkful of decayed manure into each hill 
before planting. When plants are about 5 inches 
tall, thin out, leaving the five strongest to each 
hill. Keep the soil cultivated as long as it can 
be done without injuring the spreading vines. Kill 
Squash Bugs and Cucumber Beetles with Pyrocide 
Dust, see Prices Below. 
NOTE—Days from planting to picking are listed here. 
The letters W. S. and B. S. indicate the white spined 
and black spined varieties. 
SMALL PICKLING TYPE 
274. MINCU CUCUMBER—Matures in about 50 
days. The short oval fruits; averaging 4 inches 
long by 1% inches in diameter, are ideal for 
pickles. They are white spined with crisp white 
flesh and medium green skin. The vines are 
compact and not inclined to run extensively. A 
very early heavy cropper. Mincu was developed 
at the Minnesota Experiment Station. Pkt. 10c, oz. 
25c, 4 lb. 85c, lb. $3.00, prepaid. 
275. EARLY WHITE SPINE or FORTUNE PICKLE 
(60 days). Popular as a “Dill” variety because it 
grows very straight. Fruits are square ended, 7 
to 8 inches long, and 2¥ inches in diameter, me- 
dium green in color, and remains in good condi- 
tion a remarkably long time. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, %4 
lb, 60c, lb. $2.00, prepaid. 
276. CHICAGO PICKLING—(59 days). B. S. Wes- 
terfield Pickling). Most widely used of the pickling 
varieties. Also good for slicing. Fruit: 642 inches 
long, 2¥% inches thick, medium green, square 
ended, attractive and prolific. Pkt. 10c, oz. 20c, 
Y% lb, 60c, lb. $2.00, prepaid. 
<A and C” 
or Colorado 
Symmetrical, 
dark green 
in color, with 
crisp, delicious 
esh. 
277. MINNESOTA 
DWARF “CUKE” XII 
—tThis new Minnesota 
Cucumber is’ ideal for small 
gardens and for those wanting 
early, uniform, blunt 4° inch 
fruits for pickling, From one to 
four attractive green fruits are borne at 
leaf nodes the entire length of the vine. 
Requires small space—vines only grow 
2 feet long. Plants are vigorous with 
Flesh is firm and sweet. 
Use Paxton Hot Houses to Force Cucumbers for Early Market, see page 75 
