CUCUMBER 
Shipping Varieties (Continued) 
} Improved Long Green (London) — Popular home 
' garden variety, bearing large-fruited, dark green 
| cukes of good quality, suitable for slicing, canning, 
) and ripe pickling. Fruits are 11 inches long by 3% 
- inches thick, with rounded ends, somewhat rough, 
' and black spined. Turn yellow quickly when ma- 
_ ture. 75 days. 
| Marketer — Choice shipping variety, vigorous, pro- 
_ lific, and early. Fruits are 8 inches long by 2% 
, inches thick, uniform, slightly tapered, very dark 
} green, slim, smooth, very attractive. Flesh is crisp, 
| firm, good eating. White spined. 65 days. 
Straight Eight — A good shipping variety, early and 
) prolific. Produces fruits uniform in size, shape and 
|, color, 8 inches long by 2 inches wide, cylindrical, 
|} smooth, and with crisp flesh. Fruit ends taper 
, slightly, dark green with lighter green striping at 
| blossom end. White spined. 65 days. 
| White Wonder — Novelty cucumber, bearing ivory- 
' white fruits about 6 inches long by 3 inches thick, 
' in semi-cluster. Quality and flavor are good. 60 days. 
| PICKLING VARIETIES:— 
_ Chicago Pickling — Popular pickling variety for 
‘home and market garden; used extensively by 
| pickle packers. Quality and type are good and 
| uniform. Fruits are 6 inches long by 2% inches 
| thick, somewhat tapered, medium green. 60 days. 
' Lemon (Round Pickling) — A novelty cucumber of 
» excellent eating quality; producing fruit the size and 
’ color of a large lemon, with white flesh and sweet 
' flavor. Used for pickling and for slicing. 65 days. 
| National Pickling — Choice pickling variety for all 
types of processing. Has excellent qualities, out- 
» standing in uniformity and yield. Fruits are 6 inches 
) by 2% inches, blunt ended, dark green, black 
| spined. 55 days. 
/ West India Gherkin (Burr) — Small novelty niente 
| with fruits about 2 inches long by 1 inch thick, 
| heavily spined, light green, oval in shape. Makes 
| fine pickles when young. 60 days. 
CANTALOUPE and MUSKMELON 
| CULTURE: Plant as soon as soil has warmed up in 
| the Spring, in hills about 5 feet by four feet apart. 
| Use about six seeds per hill and thin out to two 
| plants per hill after seedlings are well up. Canta- 
, loupes grow best on a rich, light soil, which is kept 
_ watered, well-fertilized, and well-cultivated. 
| VARIETIES:— 
. Banana — A long banana-shaped melon, growing 
_ to 16 inches long and 5 inches thick, tapering at 
’ both ends. Rind is lemon-colored and smooth; flesh 
_is pink and well-flavored. Popular home garden 
_ variety in some Southern states. 95 days. 
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