8 QUALITY SEEDS FOR THE HOME GARDEN 
CUCUMBERS 
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Pkt. will plant 20 hills, an ounce 100 hills 
Plant after danger of frost and up to middle of June in rows 5 ft. apart or in hills 5 ft. 
each way. It is well to put 8 to 10 seeds in each hill as some of the plants may be destroyed 
by bugs. After true leaves appear, thin to 4 plants per hill. 
Insects and insect borne diseases are best controlled by light, even dusting or spraying at 
regular intervals until plants are full grown. 
AND MELON DUST. (See page 35.) 
Some years the cucumber crop is almost a com- 
plete failure because of disease. Joe Robson 
says, “You can insure against this happening in 
your garden by planting the disease resistant 
Surecrop Cucumber.” 
*254 SURECROP HYBRID (New), 1951 All- 
America Winner: 65 days. A new true first 
generation (F,) hybrid slicing type cucum- 
ber that is outstanding in its ability to con- 
tinue to produce good, well-shaped fruits 
over a long period of time. It is earlier in 
setting fruits and coming to picking stage 
than other hybrids. Fruits are dark green, 
white spined, straight, well-shaped, tapered 
slightly at the ends, and average 7 to 9 in- 
ches in length. ‘The vines are vigorous and 
resistant to mosaic. In our trials in 1951, 
a very bad mosaic year, Surecrop Hybrid 
continued to produce a good crop while 
other non-resistant varieties went down 
completely with the disease. Pkt. 50¢; oz. 
$3.65; 14 Ib. $11.65. 
*240 YORKSTATE PICKLING: 56 days. A 
new mosaic resistant variety developed by 
Dr. Henry Munger of Cornell that is similar 
in type and performance to National Pick- 
ling. It is about 2 days later in maturing 
than National but is otherwise indistin- 
guishable from it. We recommend using 
this variety especially where mosaic has 
caused failures before. Pkt. 20¢; oz. 50¢; 
4 lb. 90¢. 
241 NATIONAL PICKLING: 54 days. Par- 
ticularly uniform black spined variety for 
production of high grade small pickles. 
Fruits are straight, symmetrical, full at the 
ends, 6 inches long, 214 to 21% inches in 
diameter when mature. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 40¢; 
\/ lb. 80¢. 
Dust with COPPER-ROTENONE or CUKE 
*251 MARKETER: 70 days. Marketer is an 
outstanding slicing variety. Fruits are the 
most attractive we have ever seen; they are 
smooth, slender, 7 to 8 inches long, slightly 
tapered at the ends and are a beautiful 
deep green in color. It is susceptible to 
mosaic disease; if mosaic has been a prob- 
lem for you — better plant Niagara or Sure- 
crop Hybrid. Pkt. 20¢; 0z. 50¢; 14 lb. $1.00. 
256 NIAGARA: 65 days. Mosaic Resistant. 
If you have had cucumber mosaic in your 
plantings (stunted vines, mottled leaves and 
fruit, premature dying of vines) then we 
recommend that you try Niagara. Devel- 
oped by Dr. H. M. Munger of Cornell, it is 
highly resistant to mosaic. Fruits are long, 
nearly cylindrical, blunt-ended, and very 
deep green in color. Under some conditions 
Niagara produces a percentage of scarred or 
curved fruits. It looked very good in our 
trials this year. Pkt. 30¢; oz. 80¢; 14 lb. 
$1.45. 
259 STRAIGHT 8: 66 days. An old variety 
that remains popular because of heavy early 
yields. Fruits are about 8 in. long, straight, 
with rounded ends and medium green in 
color. Pkt. 20¢; 0z. 50¢; 1 Ib. $1.00. 
260 A & C: 68 days. Fruits are deep green in 
color, slightly tapered at the neck and mod- 
erately pointed, but fairly straight and sym- 
metrical, 8-9 inches long, 2-214 inches thick, 
white spined. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 lb. 90¢. 
247 EARLY WHITE SPINE: 60 days. Pri- 
marily a “Dill” variety as it grows very 
straight, is square ended, 7 to 8 inches long 
and 21% inches in diameter. Fruits are 
medium green and remain in good condi- 
tion a remarkably long time. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 
45¢; 14 lb. 80¢. 
245 DOUBLE YIELD: 54 days. One of the 
earliest and most prolific cucumbers for 
pickles, small and dill, and small early 
slicers. Fruits are medium length, very 
straight with blunt ends and good color. 
Pkt. 20¢; 0z. 50¢; 14 Ib. $1.00. 
243 MINCU: 53 days. An extra early white 
spine, small pickle variety introduced by 
the Univ. of Minnesota. Produced close to 
the crown and almost in clusters, the cu- 
cumbers are short and blocky — 414 to 5 in. 
long, 2 to 214 inches in diameter. Pkt. 20¢; 
oz. 55¢; 4 lb. $1.20. 
*249 CUCUMBER BLEND: A special blend 
which contains both early and midseason 
pickling and slicing varieties. Pkt. 15¢; 
oz. 40¢. 
DANDELION 
272 LARGE THICK LEAVED. The most 
popular variety of our cultivated dandelion. 
Plants are vigorous, upright, and produce 
good hearts. Sown in spring or early sum- 
mer, the leaves will be ready to eat the 
following spring. Pkt. 25¢; 14 oz. $1.00. 
Most commercial varieties of Egg Plant are too 
late for the North. New Hampshire Hybrid was 
bred especially for the North and produces good 
crops where others fail. 
EGG PLANT 
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1 oz. should produce 1,500 plants 
Start indoors in March; set outside when 
nights are warm. 
Flea beetles sometimes practically ruin new- 
ly set egg plant. It is always best to dust the 
plants with Rotenone as soon as they are set. 
*285 NEW HAMPSHIRE HYBRID: 65 days. 
This variety ripens two or three weeks earl- 
ier than most varieties and is especially 
valuable to growers who have difficulty 
raising egg plant in the North. Plants are 
medium size and productive. Fruits are 
good market size, medium dark purple in 
color and very firm texture. Pkt. 25¢; 1% 
oz. 50¢. 
286 BLACK BEAUTY: 80 days. Fruits are 
blunt-oval in shape, smooth, glossy, and 
attractive deep purplish-black in color. A 
very satisfactory variety but a little late for 
more northern sections. Pkt. 25¢; 1% 0z. 50¢. 
HERBS 
278 BASIL, SWEET: ‘The leaves, green or 
dried, are used for flavoring many foods — 
soups, stews, salads. Pkt. 20¢; 1% oz. 50¢. 
*274 DILL, Long Island Mammoth. 70 days. 
Larger and much superior to common dill. 
Very easily grown for making “Dill Pickles”; 
fine for flavoring too. Pkt. 15¢; 0z. 30¢. 
279 THYME: Small perennial; the aromatic 
foliage is popular for seasoning many foods. 
Protect with straw in winter. Pkt. 25¢; 
Y oz. 90¢. 
280 SWEET MARJORAM: The dried fra- 
grant leaves are fine for seasoning meats and 
poultry dressing; also used fresh in salads. 
Pkt. 25¢; 14 02. 70¢. 
281 SUMMER SAVORY: The small leaves 
may be used fresh or dried on the stems. 
Excellent for flavoring meats and stuffings. 
Pkt. 20¢; 14 07. 50¢. 
*282 SAGE, BROAD LEAVED: True peren- 
nial and when once started will last for 
years. Home grown sage leaves are much 
better than the commercial product for sea- 
soning. Pkt. 35¢; 1% oz. 70¢. 
FOR OTHER COMMERCIAL VARIETIES AND LARGER QUANTITIES SEE PAGES 30 TO 34. 
