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CUCUMBER — SLICING VARIETIES — Continued 
VAUGHAN OR LONGFELLOW, W.S. 72 Days 
Particularly valuable for home gardens as well as for shipping. Fruit a 
handsome dark green, retaining the color remarkably long after picking; 
straight and well filled at ends. Very few seeds. 
EARLY IMPROVED WHITE SPINE 62 Days 
One of the best sorts for table use. Vines are vigorous, fruiting early and 
abundantly; fruit uniformly straight and handsome, dark green with a 
few white spines; flesh tender and of excellent flavor. 
WHITE WONDER OR ALBINO, W.S. 62 Days 
Heavy, medium long runner type. Fruit 3 x 7 inches, with straight, blunt 
ends. Color is creamy white. A useful novelty (as it is fairly well flavored) 
for slicing and for salads. 
WOODRUFF’S HYBRID, W.S. 64 Days 
Valuable for market garden and shipping; a main crop sort, prolific and 
attractive. Fruit 8 to 10 inches long, weighing 2% pounds; dark green, 
fairly uniform with rounded ends. 
DANDELION 
IMPROVED LARGE LEAVED 
Thick leaves and deep green color make this far superior to the unculti- 
vated plant. It is compact with an upright, regular tuft at the center. 
MAMMOTH 
Plant 2 to 2% feet high, with leaves cut into thread-like segments. Seeds 
very flat, having strong, bitter flavor. Used for flavoring pickles. 
EGG PLANT 
Cutture. Treat the Eggplant like a tender tomato that requires 
even a longer period to mature. After cabbage plants are out of the 
hotbed or greenhouse, which is April, sow eggplant, keeping even the 
night temperature abcve 70 degrees. One ounce of seed gives 2,000 plants, 
and 4 ounces plant an acre. Transplant later to pots or to a 3- or 4-inch 
stand, anc when corn is shoe high, put eggplant outside on rich, well- 
drained land. Set the plants 2 feet apart in 4-ft. rows, shading or wa- 
tering the plants if it is sunny or dry. Number of days given is time 
required from setting plants to marketable fruit. 
BLACK BEAUTY 90 Days 
The fruit is a rich, dark purple, large and symmetrical, maturing a little 
earlier than Improved New York Purple but usually not quite so large. 
A very desirable sort for the market as the fruit holds its color a long 
time. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH ; 04 Days 
Plant, upstanding in growth, bears the fruit off the ground. Fruit, elon- 
‘gated and cylindrical, is purple in color. Highly resistant to blight and 
drought. 
NEW YORK IMPROVED PURPLE SPINELESS 93 Days 
Plant makes a 2-foot growth, rather inclined to spread. Fruit oval, 6 x 8 
inches, and tapered some towards top. Good color though not so dark as 
Black Beauty. It is a very heavy producer of large fruits. 
