14 - ERICKSON’S SEED STORE 
CUCUMBER (Cont.) 
SLICING VARIETIES FOR OUTDOOR CULTURE 
Oz. 14 Lb. 1 Lb. 
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. long and is fairly early. 60 days.................4.- $0.25 $0.65 $2.25 
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...... 25 -10 2.40 
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 
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Colorado. 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 for slicing 
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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 10 2.46 
Straight-8. Ideal in size, shape, and color. When in prime con- 
dition, it averages 8 inches long, is uniformly cylindrical, 
and possesses the desirable deep dark green color which — 
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A & C. Noted especially for its dark green color, which it holds 
very well; length 10 to 12 inches, slim and smooth; a fine 
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“Niagara. This variety is the first slicing variety that is resistant 
to Cucumber Mosaic. In comparative trials Niagara shows 
the same plant vigor and large leaf construction that you 
find in hybrids. The fruit is white spined, shaped like 
Cubit, being blunt on the blossom end, is very dark green 
in color at picking stage and also through its development, 
very small seed cavity. The flesh is white, crisp, tender, 
and of excellent quality. The Cucumber varies from 714 
to 10 inches in length, being straight, cylindrical and of 
excellent dark green color. The vine is vigorous, the leaves 
much larger than normal varieties, and the plant stands 
up under adverse conditions better than normal varieties. 
It also has a good. spring vigor, getting away fast in the 
spring and it has shown practically a total resistance to 
Cucumber Mosaic. It is in season with Cubit or Marketer. .%75 2.00 3.50 
Pk. 10z. %% Lb. 
Early Surecrop, Hybrid (Fl). It is an All-American winner. The 
shape is similar to A & C or Cubit. It is in season with 
A & C; a few days earlier than Burpee’s Hybrid. The 
color is very dark green. Hybrid Cucumber is as outstand- 
ing in performance as Hybrid corn when compared to open 
pollinated varieties. The Spring vigor, disease resistance, 
dark green foliage, increased yield and ability to produce 
over a long period makes it especially desirable........ $0.25 $4.85 $16.00 
