CUCUMBER—Continued 
National Pickling 54 days 
Vine—Leaf is dark green, medium large. 
Good coverage for fruit, vine vigorous 
but not as large as Chicago Pickling, 
very prolific. 
Fruit—5%4-6% x 214-3 inches, cylindrical, 
blunt ended, dark green, black spine. 
Developed under direction of the National 
Pickle Packers Assn., at the Michigan 
Agricultural College. Our strain is out- 
standing in uniformity and high yield 
and is widely used by pickle packers 
for all types of processing. Has excel- 
lent pickling qualities. 
Niagara 73 days 
Vine—Vigorous, leaves heavy and rough. 
Exhibits a high degree of mosaic re- 
sistance. 
Fruit—7%4-10 x 2%-2% inches. Shaped 
like Cubit, blunt blossom end, very dark 
green at marketing stage. Crisp white 
flesh, white spine. 
The first mosaic resistant slicing cucum- 
ber. Developed by Dr. Munger, Cornell 
University. Fruits have a tendency to 
produce a few scars. 
N. K. & Co. Pickling 58 days 
Vine—More vigorous than National, leaf 
size between National and Chicago. 
Fruit—5-7 x 2%-3 inches, will run slight- 
ly slimmer than National, not quite as 
tapered as Chicago, black spine. 
Developed by Northrup, King & Co. for 
an intermediate type between Chicago 
and National Pickling. Normally gives 
a little more fruit length for the same 
diameter. 
Snow’s Pickling 54 days 
Replaced by National Pickling. 
Straight 8 63 days 
All-America Selection—1935 
Vine—Vigorous and _ productive, dark 
green broad leaves affording good 
coverage. 
Fruit—7-84% x 2% inches, cylindrical, 
rounded blunt ends, rich dark green and 
remarkably free from striping, white 
spine. 
Unusually uniform, dark green slicing 
variety. Desirable for shipping, market 
trade and home garden. 
Staysgreen 60 days 
Vine—Dark green, vigorous medium leaf, 
good coverage. 
Fruit—8 x 3 inches, dark green, lighter 
at blossom end and nearly cylindrical, 
blunt ended, white spine. 
Used by Southern growers for an early, 
long distance shipper and for synthetic 
dills. 
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Niagara 
West India Gherkin 60 days 
Vine—Strong, vigorous grower, good 
yielder, small. Leaves similar to water- 
melon, covering fruit well. 
Fruit—1% x 1 inch, small, oval shape, 
light green, uniform. Covered with short 
prickly spine. 
Used exclusively for pickles. Makes ex- 
cellent pickles when used very young. 
Mature fruits become thin fleshed and 
seedy. A different species than ordi- 
nary cucumber sorts. 
White Wonder 58 days 
Vine—Good vigor, leaves medium large 
and medium green. 
Fruit—7 x 3 inches, cylindrical with 
rounded ends, ivory-white color, white 
spine. 
A novelty with real merit and excellent 
eating quality. Popular in the South. 
Wisconsin SMR 12 55 days . 
Vine—Vigorous, dark green, productive. 
Fruit—5'%2-7 x 2%2-3 inches, dark green, 
cylindrical, black spine. 
A new introduction from the University 
of Wisconsin. A pickling variety com- 
bining disease resistance to scab or 
spot rot and mosaic. It is still in trial 
stage, 
Yorkstate 56 days 
Vine—Vigorous plant, large dark green 
leaves giving good coverage. 
Fruit—Tapered and warted, frosty green 
color in early stage, longer and more 
slender than National, black spine. 
Developed by Dr. Munger, Cornell Univer- 
sity. A desirable mosaic resistant pick- 
ling variety. Fruit tends to develop con- 
strictions at stem end, Fruit shape 
similar to MR 17. 
