NEW CUBIT CUCUMBER 
CUCUMBERS 
CULTURE—One ounce of seed will plant 50 hills, 2 pounds 
an acre. Cucumbers succeed best in warm, moist, rich loamy 
soil. Plant as soon as danger from frost has passed. In hills 
about 4 feet apart each way. 
SLICING VARIETIES 
EVERBEARING—55 days. Small, very early variety. By keep- 
ing the fruits picked, it will continue to bear throughout the 
growing season. % 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (% Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
ARLINGTON WHITE SPINE—60 days. Popular among the 
older early sorts; good for home garden use. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (14 Ib. 60e) (Ib. $2.00). 
STAYS GREEN (Black Diamond)—60 days. A handsome, early, 
medium sized, prolific variety used extensively for shipping. 
Fruits symmetrical, nearly square ended. Very dark green, 
holds color and firmness well when shipped long distances. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (4% Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
EARLY FORTUNE—63 days. Desirable for shipping and good 
for slicing. Fruits medium-deep green, slightly tapering. 
Flesh firm and crisp. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (14 lb. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
CLARNW’S SPECIAL OR WOODRUFF’S HYBRID (Long 
Strain)—64 days. Valuable for market garden and shipping: 
a main crop sort, prolific and attractive. Fruits dark green; 
slightly tapered at both ends; flesh crisp and firm. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (4% Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
MARKETER—65 days. Medium size, very prolific, trim and 
of uniform size, tapering slightly to both ends, attractive 
dark green color. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 30c) (%4 Ib. 90c) (Ib. $3.00). 
DAVIS PERFECT—65 days. A desirable mid-season variety | 
for shipping. Fruits dark green; flesh crisp and of good 
quality. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (4% Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
COLORADO or A AND C—67 days. A very attractive variety, 
Fruit very dark - 
good for market gardens and for shipping. 
green, cylindrical, round with small seed pocket. Unusually | 
free from striping at blossom end. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 30c) (% Ib. 90c) (Ib. $3.00). 
CUBIT—70 days. Bronze medal winner of 1944. A prolific, | 
white spined variety distinguished by unusually uniform | 
dark green exterior color and long blunt-ended cylindrical | 
shape. The interior has smooth crisp texture with small seed | 
area. Cubit is a main crop long slicing variety. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 30c) (34 Ib. $0c) (Ib. $3.00). 
STRAIGHT-8—68 days. Desirable for home and market gar- 
dens and shipping. Fruit uniformly cylindrical; rounded at — 
ends, medium green; quite free from light stripes. An at- | 
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tractive variety. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 30c) (%4 Ib. 90c) (Ib. $3.00). 
IMPROVED LONG GREEN—70 days. Standard late variety — 
for home garden; excellent for slicing; hardy and prolific. 
Fruits deep green, straight, slightly tapered; flesh very 
white and crisp. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (44 Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
LONGFELLOW (Vaughan)—70 days. Desirable for home gar- 
den, and for shipping; also sometimes used for greenhouse 
foreing. Fruits dark green, uniform, straight and attractive. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10e) (Oz. 30c) (4 Ib. 90c) (Ib. $3.00). 
NIAGARA—70 days. This is the first slicing variety that is 
resistant to cucumber Mosaic. In comparative trials Niagara 
shows the same plant vigor and large leaf construction that 
you find in hybrids. The fruit is white spined, shaped like 
Cubit, being blunt on the blossom end. The cucumber varies 
from 7% to 10 inches in length, being straight cylindrical, 
and of excellent dark green color, with small seed cavity. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10) (Oz. 30c) (%4 Ib. 90e) (Ib. $3.00). 
CUCUMBER, STRAIGHT EIGHT 
PICKLING VARIETIES 
EKARLY MINCU—53 days. Bears from 8 to 10 fruits within a 
foot of the hill. Cucumbers average 4% inches long and 2 
inches in diameter, suitable both for slicing and pickling. 
The skin is medium green, the flesh white and crisp. Mincu 
is very early and a heavy cropper. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25e) (4 Ib. 60e) (Ib. $2.00). 
EARLY CLUSTER—55 days. Very fine pickling sort. Very 
popular. Medium dark green, prolific, full at both ends. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (4 Ib. 66ce) (Ib. $2.00). pho 
NATIONAL PICKLING—54 days. Especially bred for pickling 
in the small sizes. Fruit straight, and blunt-ended, but not 
chunky. Deep green color. Makes firm, crisp pickles. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10e) (Oz. 25c) (%4 Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
SNOW’S PERFECTION PICKLING—56 days. Extremely 
early and prolific. Fruit 5 inches long; dark green at pickling 
size, black spined, symmetrical, blunt ended. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (44 Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
WEST INDIA GHERKIN—60 days. An extremely small fruit- 
ed variety grown exclusively for pickles. It has no value for 
slicing. Is very prickly, but tender and crisp if picked when 
young. Seed germinates slowly. 
Postpaid (Plt. 10c) (Oz. 25c) (4 Ib. 75c) (Ib. $2.50). 
EGGPLANT 
CULTURE—One ounce will produce 1,000, to 2,000 plants. 
Seed is of slow germination and requires a moderate amount of 
heat. Should be started in hotbeds early in March and trans- 
planted to four or six inches apart. Eggplants are very tender 
and will not stand frost. 
EGG PLANT, BLACK BEAUTY 
BLACK BEAUTY—s80 days. A protific early variety. Medium 
sized plants, fruit deep purplish black, smooth, large blunt 
egg-shaped producing 4 to 6 per plant. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (0z.'50c) (4 Ib. $1.50) (Ib. $5.00). 
NEW YORK IMPROVED—83 days. The fruits are large, 
round-oval, of a rich deep purple-black color and splendid 
quality. Spineless and a heavy producer. : 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 50c) (%4 Ib. $1.50) (Ib. $5.00). 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH—85 days. The plants are large and 
high, usually bearing the fruit off the the ground. Resistant 
to drought and blight. Fruit medium size, pear shaped and 
of purple color. ies 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz, 50c) (%4 Ib. $1.50) (1 Ih. $5.00). 
