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CUCUMBER. Shumway’s Superior Pickle and Slicing Varieties 
405-A and C 
A New Outstanding 63-Day 
White Spine Shipping Type 
9 to 10 inches long. This relatively 
new market and home garden var- 
iety has been planted ‘in a more 
limited way because of the scarcity 
of seed, production of which cannot 
keep up with the increasing demand. 
It is a vigorous grower, disease- 
resistant, and makes an abundance 
of very deep green, slender cukes of 
even diameter. A real money.maker. 
Pkt., 15 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; 44 lb., 95 
cts.; % Ihb., $1.65; 1b., $3.00; 2 lbs., 
$5.50, postpaid. 
392 Everbearing Shumway Special Strain 
An ideal type for 
early small pickles that is becoming more popular every year. 
The plants are enormously prolific and if kept picked will con- 
The fruits are rich dark 
green, about 4 to 5 inches long, and stubby but well shaped. 
Pkt., 15 cts.; 0z., 40 cts.; 44.1b., 95 cts.; 4% Ib., $1.65; lb., $3.00; 
52 days. The Name Tells the True Story. 
tinue producing until killed by frost. 
2 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. 
R. H. Shumway—"The Pioneer American Seedsman"'—Established 1870 
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394 We Supply this Annualiy to many of the largest Pickle Manu- 
facturers in America, 58 days. A valuable and reliable small early 
pickling variety. Fruits are uniform in size and shape, 7 inches by 
2% when full-grown, tapering only slightly toward the end. Good color, 
black-spined. Vines bear continuously if fruits are picked; very 
productive. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz., 40 cts.; 4% Ib., 95 cts.; % Ib., $1.65; lhb., 
$3.00; 2 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. 
399 Excellent as a Slicer or for Piekles. 58S days. A 
unique variety producing fruits that are pure white in 
color from the time they begin to form until they are 
fully mature. The skin is smooth and very thin. The 
fruits grow to a good size, about 8 by 2% inches; round- 
ended. Flesh is solid and crisp and of good flavor; very 
nice for slicing and for salads. A fine exhibition type. 
Heavy yielder. Pkt., 15 cts.; oz. 40 cts.; %4 Ib., 95 cts.; 
4 1b., $1.65; 1b., $3.00; 2 1bs., $5.50, postpaid. 
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398—65 days. Enormous VYielder either in Greenhouse or Outdoor Plantings. A favorite white- 
spined variety, 10 to 12 inches long, about 2 inches thick, tapering slightly to each end. The 
color, a glossy dark green, is held for a considerable time after picking. 
The seed cavity is small and the fruits are tender and juicy. The 
translucent and delicious. 
plants are prolific, vigorous and blight-resistant. 
The flesh is firm, 
A fine slicing type, also valuable for 
shipping. Wonderful yielder. Pkt., 12 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; Y% Ib., 75 cts.; Yo Ib., $1.25; Ib., $2.25; 
2 lbs., $4.25, postpaid. 
inches, 
Because of its length and weight it takes the form of the soil 
straight specimens it is necessary to smooth out the ground under the growing fruit. 
is firm and of good quality with few seeds; excellent for slicing. 
able for green-house foreing or field culture. 
good 
72 days. 
slender and round-ended, 
quality make it a profitable type for the fancy 
391 | Longfellow “The Largest of All and One of the Best” 
Unquestionably the finest of the large white-spined ‘varieties. 
The fruit, dotted with white spines, is a uniform dark green, 
The large, uniform size, handsome appearance and 
trade. <A 
oz., 40 cts.; 14 1b., 95 cts.; 1% 1h., $1.65; lh., $3.00; 2 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. 
403 Early Fortune : 
65 days. An outstanding early type for long distance shipping. It is much 
grewn in the South for early shipment to northern cities, and has recently 
become a very popular variety with the northern market gardeners. It has 
a fine dark green color and remains in table condition longer than any other 
white-spined variety. The flesh is white, solid, and crisp, with an unusually 
small seed cavity, A very productive yielder. Pkt. 12 cis.; oz., 30 cts.; % Ib., 
75 cts.; % Ib., $1.25; lh., $2.25; 2 lbs., $4.25, postpa-d. , 
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895—55 days. ‘‘Sometimes known as Boston Pickling.’’ Of good quality and 
fit for slicing, but because of its small size, 5 by 2% inches, it is more popular 
for pickling. It produces early and vields a large and continuous crop if 
vines are kept plucked. 
square-ended. Excellent for early pickles. Pkt., 12 cts.; 0z., 30 cts.; % Ib., 
75 cts.; Y Ib., $1.25; Ib., $2.25; 2 lbs., $4.25, postpaid. 
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The flesh 
This variety is equally suit- 
beneath; so to 
good shipper. Pkt., 15 cts.3 
The fruits are bright green, smooth, uniform and — 
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