DILL 
CULTURE: Sow in early Spring in 18 inch rows, | 
planting about 14 inch deep. When plants are estab- | 
lished, thin out to 12 inches apart in the row. The) 
branches and seeds are used in dill pickles; the’ 
young stalks and leaves are used in flavoring fish _ 
and other dishes. 
VARIETIES:— 
Long Island Mammoth — A large superior type of 
dill which produces plants about 2% feet tall with | 
extremely cut leaves. Seed is flat, brown, strong | 
and bitter in flavor, borne in clusters branching | 
from the plant. 75 days. 
CUCUMBER 
CULTURE: Cucumbers grow best in a rich, moist, | 
well-fertilized, well-cultivated soil. Sow in hills) 
about 3 feet apart each way after soil is warm in 
the Spring. Use 4 to 6 seeds to a hill and thin out 
after the vines are well started. Keep picking as) 
fast as fruit reaches picking stage to allow more ' 
fruit to set on vines. 
SHIPPING VARIETIES:— 
A & C (Colorado) — Fine dark green slicer that is / 
popular with shippers and market gardeners. Fruits | 
average about 9 inches by 2% inches thick, tapering || 
to each end, slightly striped at blossom end. White |} 
spined. 70 days. 
Black Diamond (Long Strain) — Also called Stay | 
Green because it retains its dark green color for a | 
long period. Used as an early shipper and for syn- | 
thetic dills. Fruits are 8 inches by 3 inches thick, | 
with blunt ends, dark green color, uniform in size | 
and color. White spined. 62 days. 
Cubit — Fine shipping and market garden variety, | 
vigorous, uniform, and prolific. Fruits have square | 
end and dark green color. Flesh is crisp and white. | 
Fruits measure 7 inches long by 2% inches thick, | 
smooth and cylindrical. White spined. 60 days. 
Earliest of All (Early White Spine)—Prolific, early, | 
straight, and uniform — this variety is popular in | 
the South as an early shipper. Holds its color and | 
may be used also for dills. Fruits are about 8 inches | 
long by 234 inches thick, smooth, good dark green | 
color. White spine. 60 days. 
Early Fortune — Arlington White Spine is generally | 
considered identical with this well-known home and | 
market garden slicer. Fruits are about 8” long by | 
2%” in diameter, tapering to blunt ends, dark green | 
with lighter striping, white spined. 68 days. 
Palmetto (Mildew Resistant) — Attractive, new, 
dark green, slicing variety which is resistant to mil- | 
dew. Vigorous and producing good, smooth, well- | 
shaped, cylindrical fruits of fine quality, size, color. 
White spined. Fruits 81%4 inches long by 2% thick. — 
70 days. 
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