Cubit : Niagara : A&C : Santee : Palmetto : 
Straight-8 : Marketer. 
MARKETER. The leading variety for quality and production; 
bred and introduced by asGrow. The vines are vigorous, 
yielding heavily over a long season. The trim, slightly tapered 
fruits are very uniform, with deep green color carried well 
down to the blossom end and holding well in shipping and 
on the market. Unlike some varieties, Marketer can be held 
in the field for another picking without ballooning. The 
ASGROW strain is carefully maintained by regular selection. 
MODEL. An important pickling variety developed by AsGRow. 
The fruits are well proportioned, with blunt ends. In contrast 
to most pickling varieties, Model fruits have white spines 
and a darker green skin, and hold their color well in shipping, 
at the roadside stand, or on markets. 
PRODUCER. “The market gardener’s pickle,’ developed by 
ASGROW to provide a particularly prolific variety for growers 
for whom production and keeping quality are of first im- 
portance. The fruits are lighter colored and somewhat more 
tapering than Model, but they are borne at nearly every 
node, with a high percentage of clusters of two or three 
DILL 
fruits. Producer is white-spined and holds well. 
MAMMOTH LONG ISLAND. Plants 2-3 ft. high, with leaves 
cut into thread-like divisions. 
EGG PLANT 
Set plants on loose, well drained soil when all danger of frost is past. Immediately after transplanting, use a suitable insecticide to 
prevent injury from flea beetles. 
Variety Days* 
Height Fruit Color Fruit Shape Remarks 
Blacks Cauty sane eee 80 24-30 dark purple oval globe For early market. 
Hlondanigh Bushee 85 30-36 dark purple long, tapering See below. 
Florida Market (Cook’s Strain) 80 30-36 dark purple long oval Phomopsis resistant, prolific. 
Fort Myers Market 1.2... 83 30-36 dark purple long oval See below. ‘ 
JLovnves IPI) 5 5 coke ane US 24-30 dark purple long, slim Early and prolific. 
New Hampshire Hybrid ..... 70 18 purple oval For short season areas. 
“From time of transplanting. 
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Florida High Bush 
FORT MYERS MARKET. The leading vari- 
ety in southern states, producing very 
heavy yields of uniform, large-sized, fancy 
fruits over a long period. The plants are 
of high-bush type; the fruits are blackish 
purple, slightly elongated, and cylindrical. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH. A widely adapted, 
productive variety. The plants are erect, 
with fruit borne off the ground. The fruits 
are of good length, tapering towards the 
stem end, dark purple in color. When 
properly grown, Florida High Bush does 
well as far north as southern New England. 
FENNEL 
Drill seed in rows 3’ apart and thin to 6” 
in row; in irrigated areas, 2 rows on 40” 
beds is the usual method. Fertilizer re- 
quirements are the same as for celery. 
FLORENCE FENNEL (Finocchio). Plants 
30”-36” tall, with broad, overlapping stalks 
something like celery, but forming a flat- 
oval bulb-like enlargement at the base of 
the stem. The enlargement or bulb is 
sweet and anise-flavored. 
