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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) (44 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) (44 Ib. 60c) (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) (%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. 90¢e) (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, 
good for market gardens and for shipping. Fruit very dark 
green, cylindrical, round with small seed pocket. Unusually 
free from striping at blossom end. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 30c) (14 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) (%4 Ib. 90c) (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- 
‘ tractive variety. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 30c) (%4 Ib. 90c) (Ib. $3.00). 
HYBRID CUCUMBER 
SENSATION—58 days. Fruits slender, blunt ends, 8 to 
9 inches long, 2% inches in diameter. Holds its dark 
green color well after picking. Flesh is crisp, white and 
unusually delicious. Small seed cavity. 
Postpaid (Oz. $3.00) (14 Ib. $10.00) (Ib. $35.00). 
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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) (%4 Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
LONGFELLOW (Vaughan)—70 days. Desirable for home gar- 
den, and for shipping; also sometimes used for greenhouse 
forcing. Fruits dark green, uniform, straight and attractive. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (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 eylindrical, 
and of excellent dark green color, with small seed cavity. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10) (Oz. 30c) (14 Ib. 90c) (Ib. $3.00). 
PICKLING VARIETIES 
EARLY 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. 25c) (14 Ib. 60c) (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) (44 Ib. 60c) (Ib. $2.00). 
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. 10c) (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) (%4 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 (Pkt. 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. 
BLACK BEAUTY—80 days. A prolific early variety. Medium 
sized plants, fruit deep purplish black, smooth, large blunt 
egg-shaped producing 4to6 per plant. . 3 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 50c) (4%4 Ib. $1.75) (Ib. $6.00). 
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) (44 Ib. $1.75) (Ib. $6.00). 
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. 
Postpaid (Pkt. 10c) (Oz. 50c) (14 Ib. $1.75) (Ib. $6.00). 
