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397 Early Short Greer or Early Frame 
Excellent Variety for Pickling—Slicing & Dills 
_ 56 days. An excellent early sort for the second crop of pickles, being a little late 
in maturing, The fruits are a bright medium green, turning to russet when fully 
matured; good-sized, about 7 by 2% inches, square ended, fine quality. Popular 
for the home garden and for slicing. “Pkt., 12 cts.; 0z., 35 cts.; Y4 1b., 85 cts.; Yo Ib. 
$1.35; Ib., $2.25; 2 Ibs., $4.25, postpaid. ite 
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Shumway’s Finest Cucumbers 
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Second Early—Matures in 56 Days 
Three of the Best Cucumbers 
Canning Guide 
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Packed Methods also. Furnished 
Shumway’s Fancy Pickling 
Improved Long Green 
Evergreen White Spine 
American Climbing 
402 (58 days.) A distinct variety notable for its 
heavy, large‘leaved, climbing vine. Very useful and 
ornamental for covering porches, trellises and 
fences. Not only this, but the fruit has excellent 
eating qualities; the flesh is white and crisp with a 
mild flavor. The fruits become about 9 by 2% in- 
ches, and have a dark green color in the. slicing 
stage, turning to a netted russet yellow when ready 
for pickling. Pkt., 20 cts.; 02. 50 cts.; Y4 Ib., $1.25; 
1% Tb., $2.00; Ib., $3.50; 2 Ibs., $5.95, postpaid. 
free with order for $3.00 or more 
upon request. Extra copies 10c each. 
386 Special offer 3 pkts., one of each 
* variety (value 45 cts.) for only 30 cts. 
401 Burpee’s Hybrid Cucumber 
60 days. For Pickles and Slicing, 
Ideal for pickles when young and make per- 
f fect 8- to 10-inch slicers when full grown. Dark § 
BF green, flesh pure white, crisp and fine grained 
f and small seed cavities. Highly resistant to 
s mosaic and mildew. This Hybrid Cucumber out- 
i yields open pollinated varieties because the 
vines continue to produce their fruits abun- 
i dantly for a long time after the open pollinated 
f varieties have ceased. Pkt. (50 seeds) for 50 
f cts., 2 pkts. for 80 cts.; / 02., $2.00; 0z., $3.50. 
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Excellent for both 
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393 Snow’s Pickling 
Originated Here at Rockford. Marvelous for Pickling 
65 days. This is a selection made from the ‘‘Chi- 
cago Pickle’’ by a veteran pickle grower, Mr. Snow, 
of the famous Snow Pickle Farm, Rockford, Ill, The 
type is shorter when ripe than the Chicago Pickle 
and is broad at the stem end, tapering slightly to the 
tip. The small pickles are dark green, cylindrical and 
square ended, average 4 to 5 inches in length when 
large enough for slicing, and are of excellent quality; 
‘but it is chiefly for producing medium-sized pickles, 
that this variety is so highly esteemed. Pkt., 15 cts.; 
oz., 45 cts.; Y% Ib., $1.00; Y% Ib., $1.75; Ib., $3.00; 
2 Ibs., $5.50, postpaid. 
389 Cucumber Grow Quick 
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It’s Early and It’s Good 
Universal Favorite With Chicago Market Growers 
A new pickle type cucumber that produces a crop 
in 48 days from the planting of the seed. Same 
shape as the famous Chicago Pickle but 10 days 
earlier. Usually matures its crop before the early 
blight. - Be sure to.inelude in your order. Pkt., 15 
cts.; 0z., 45 cts.; %4 Ib., $1.00; % Ib.; $1.75; 1b., $3.00; 
2 lbs., $5.50, postpaid. 
890 (65 days.) “An unsurpassed table 
sort.’’ Flesh white, sweet, crisp, juicy, 
with a small seed cavity. The fruit is 
long and shapely, about 11 by 2% 
inches, with a dark glossy green skin. ~~ 
The plant is exceedingly vigorous, hard 
a long time after picking. A very valuable sort for market garden and for shipping: 
y and productive. Fruits remain fresh and delicious 
: also 
excellent for the home garden, Pkt., 15 cts.; 02., 40 cts. ; 1/, Th., $1.00; 4% Tb., $1.75; Ib., $3.00 ; 
2 Ibs., $5.50, postpaid. 
396 Farly Green 
52 days. One of the most popular early pickling 
sorts, especially for slicers. The fruits frequently 
grow in clusters of 2 or 8, and the plants are very 
prolific, yielding eontinuously over a long season 
if kept plucked. The fruits are uniform and have 
a good size and shape for pickling, 
inches, tapering only slightly toward each end. 
The skin is smooth with few spines and the fiesh is 
white and juicy. Pkt., 15 cts.; 0z., 45 cts.; 4 1b., $1.00; % Ib., $1.75; lb., $3.00; 2 lbs., 
$5.50, postpaid. a Le 
60 days. Of Jamaica origin and not ji | 
strictly a cucumber. In demand for very 
small pickles and for stuffing with relishes. , 
The fruit is oval, about 2 inches by 1 inch, 
pale green and covered with small elastic 
prickles. 
tender. 
0z., 50 cts., 4 lb., $1.25, postpaid. 
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~ splendid for pickling, the full- ' 
*% crown ones for Slicing. Pkt. 4 
1S cts.; 02., 45 cts.; % Ib., ff 
$1.75; Ib.:f 
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400 West India Gherkin 
or Burr 
Must be picked while young and 
Exeeedingly prolific. Pkt., 20 cts.; 
387 Fancy Pickling 
e of the grandest of all pickling Cucum- 
50 days. This is on 
bers. It is solid and thick in texture excellent in flavor, com- 
bining ull the qualities necessary to make u good pickle. — It 
is very productive and it 1s also adapted for sheing. Fruits be- 
come ncehes long by 24% inches thick, and are round-ended and 
svintmetrical, with ‘a dark sreen skin, black-spined Flesh is 
good quality. This, variety 1s very widely used by pickle factorles, 
Pkt., 15 cts.; 0z., 45 cts.; 144 Ib., $1.00; 42 1b., $1.75; 1b., $3.00; 2 1bs.. 
$5.50, postpaid, 
