Vegetable Seeds 
Letherman’s 
Marketer, For Both Quality and Appearance—The Best 
CUCUMBER 
New Hybrid Cucumbers 
The value of the Hybrid Cucumbers lies in the 
vigor of the plants, their disease resistance and 
correspondingly heavy yield, even under adverse 
conditions. 
Early Surecrop Hybrid. 58 days. An All-America 
Winner for 1951. Early, yielding good fruits in 
9 months or less, and continuing over a long 
period. The fruits average 8 to 8% inches long, 
21% inches in diameter. Flesh is crisp, tender of 
excellent flavor. 
Burpee Hybrid. 60 days. The fruits average 8 inches 
in length with crisp flesh. A heavy cropper. 
Either Hybrid—Pkt. 30c, 4% oz. 85c, 14 oz. 
$1.50. 
Marketer—Top Market Variety 
Marketer. 61 days. Early and noted for its rich dark 
green color, handy size, slender shape and fine 
crisp flesh. Vigorous and prolific vines make this 
valuable for early market or home garden. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 14 Ib. 90c, Ib. $2.75. 
Cubit. 60 days. Deep green, cylindrical Fruits, 
averaging 814 to 9 inches long, are blunt ended 
with small seed cavity, superb for slicing. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 30c, 14 Ib. 90c, Ib. $2.75. 
Our Pickle and Melon Dust 
Protects your plants against insects and diseases 
attacking Cucumbers. See Insecticide pages. 
Producer—Heaviest Yielding Pickler 
Plant late May to July 15. 1 oz. plants 100 hills 
Plant after soil has warmed up in hills 3 ft. apart 
with rows of hills 5 to 6 ft. apart. Place 8 to 10 
seeds in a hill, thinning out later to 3 good plants. 
Watch closely for insects, dusting or spraying regu- 
larly. Pick the fruits as soon as ready to keep vines 
bearing. 
Standard Slicing Cucumbers 
Arlington White Spine. 62 days. Favorite variety, 
early and productive. 
Colorado or A & C. 68 days. Fruits very attractive, 
dark green, with small seed cavity. 
Early Cluster. 55 days. Chunky, small fruits borne 
in clusters. For slicing or pickling. 
Improved Long Green. 67 days. A very prolific 
variety for the home garden. Fruits deep green, 
straight, very crisp. For pickling or slicing. 
Straight 8. 66 days. Fruits 8 inches long, cylindrical. 
White Wonder. 90 days. Fruits about 7 inches long, 
smooth and ivory white. 
Prices—All Varieties Except as Noted—Pkt. 
10c, oz. 25c, 14 |b. 80c, Ib. $2.40. 
The Best Picklers 
Producer Pickling. 54 days. A white spine pickling 
variety that out-yields all others. The fruits are 
produced in clusters, dark green in color, slightly 
shorter than National Pickling. 
National Pickling. 56 days. Very uniform and valu- 
able variety for small pickles. Fruits dark green, 
symmetrical and blunt ended. 
Boston Pickling. 58 days. Prolific early. 
Chicago Pickling. 59 days. Square ended, uniform. 
All Above Varieties—Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 1/4 Ib. 
80c, lb. $2.40. 
KALE 
Sow early in Spring or in June for fall crop. 
Frost improves the quality. 44 oz. to 100 ft. row. 
Dwarf Green Scotch. 55 days. A handsome plant 
with wide spread plumy dark green leaves, fine 
curled and frilled. 
Pkt. 10c, oz. 25c, 1% Ib. 75c. 
KOHL RABI 
1% oz. to 100 ft. row 
Can be planted in succession from early spring 
to August 1. Thin out to stand 4 in. apart. Kohl 
Rabi is tender only while young. 
Early White Vienna Purple Vienna 
Either—Pkt. 10c, 14 oz. 25c, oz. 40c. 
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