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CUCUMBER 
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Do not plant Cucumbers before danger of frost has passed, as the plants are very tender and the least frost will damage them or kill them. 
Plant in hills or rows 4 feet apart, 10 to 15 seeds to each hill; make soil very rich. For pickles, plant from June 1st to middle of July. One ounce 
will plant 50 hills, 2 {bs. will plant 1 acre. 
Cucumbers are divided into two classes. The ‘‘Black Spine’’ and the ‘‘White Spine. 
The spines being the bristles showing on the fruit 
when it is young. The black spined kinds turn yellow when ripe. The white spines turn white. 
Cucumber, Marketer 
Hybrid Cucumber SL-I. Very dark green, 
beautifully symmetrical slices 8 in. long, 
slender and cylindrical and blocky rounded 
ends. The flesh is crisp and white with 
unusually small seed cavity. The white 
spines are very few and fine. Earlier than 
A & Cor Marketer. Seed this year available 
only in trial packets, 75c. each. 
Chicago Picklimg. (56 days.) A slender, 
early pickling variety producing uniform 
medium green, tapered fruit. Pkt. 10c., 
oz. 25c., 14 lb. 80c., lb. $2.80. 
Boston Pickling. (57 days.) Pickling and 
slicing variety. Fruits medium green, 
symmetrical, slightly tapered. Pkt. 10c., 
oz. 25c., % lb. 80c., lb. $2.80. 
improved White Spine. (60 days.) An 
old standby, and will retain its medium 
green color for a long time. Fruit 8 to 9 in. 
long and 2% in. in diameter. Pkt. 10c., 
oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 80c., lb. $2.80. 
Early Cluster. (55 days.) A fine pickling 
variety that is also good for slicing. Fruits 
5% by 234 in., pale green. Prolific. Pkt. 
10c., oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 80c., lb. $2.80. 
Early Fortune. (63 days.) Used extensively 
for slicing and shipping. Fruit is medium 
green and tapering, 8 in. long and 2) in. 
in diameter, crisp, and weighs 134 Ibs. 
PEt. 10¢;, 02) 25c:, 24 1b. S0c., 1b. $2.80: 
Improved Long Green. (70 days.) A stand- 
ard late variety for the home gardener. 
Provides tasty, tender, crisp slices for sal- 
ads. Fruits medium dark green, slightly 
tapered at neck, moderately pointed but 
straight. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 80c., 
Ib. $2.80. 
Longfellow. (72 days.) An excellent, long, 
dark green Cucumber growing about 12 in. 
long, of fine quality. A fine shipper. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c.,. 14 Ib. 80c.. Ib. $2.75. 
Fort Myers Market 
COCS CUKE AND MELON 
DUST 
A combined insecticide and fungicide 
containing calcium arsenate and-:copper 
for the control of insects and*=diseases, 
4-lb. bag $1.10. 
A. & C. (68 days.) 
National Pickling. 
West India Gherkin. 
Straight 8. (68 days.) A new, uniformly cylindri- 
cal variety, 8-10 in. long. Fruit medium green, 
free from white stripes. Excellent keeping 
quality. Pkt. 10c., oz. 35c., 14 Ib. 90c., Ib. $3.25. 
arketer (All-America Selection). Rich dark 
green fruits, uniformly cylindrical in shape, 
slightly tapered ends and about 8 in. in length. 
Flesh thick, crisp, white, and of fine flavor. 
Vines are vigorous growing and bear unfailing 
big crops for a long season. This new variety 
is attracting the attention of commercial grow- 
ers of quality Cucumbers and promises to be a 
most popular variety. Pkt. 10c., oz. 35c., 
V4 Ib. 90c., Ib. $3.25. 
Has proven to be about 
the finest slicing variety ever introduced. A 
Cucumber that has no weak points. The long, 
slender fruits are very dark green. Grows 
8 to 9 in. long and 2 in. thick. A. & C. is 
one of the most popular Cucumbers grown 
today. Pkt. 10c., oz. 35c., 14 lb. 85c., Ib. $3.00. 
(56 days.) Developed by 
the Michigan Agricultural College under the 
supervision of the National Pickle Packers 
Association. Vines rather small, fruits straight, 
symmetrical, full at the ends. Length 6 in., 
thickness 244 in. Black spined, recommended 
for production of high grade small pickles. 
A good yielder. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 4 Ib. 
80c., Ib. $2.80. 
(60 days.) Used for 
small pickles. Fruit pale green, oval, uni- 
form, and covered with prickly spines. Meas- 
ures 2 by 1 in. and weighs 3 to 4 ozs. Pkt. 10c., 
oz. 40c., 14 lb. $1.20, lb. $4.00. 
EGGPLANT 
/ oz. will produce about /000 plants 
The seed should be sown in hotbeds the 
second week in March, care being taken to 
protect the young plants from cold at night. 
Plant out about June Ist, about 24% feet 
apart. Sufficient plants may be raised for a 
small garden by sowing a few seeds in com- 
mon flower pots or boxes in the house. 
Early Black Beauty. (82 days.) Earlier 
than any other sort. Fruit jet black, hold- 
ing its black color during its maturing 
season. Very productive with uniform size 
fruit. Pkt. 20c., oz 90c. 
New Hampshire Hybrid. (70 days.) Se- 
lection from Black Beauty X Early Dwarf 
Purple. Upright, uniform medium growth 
and fruits; very early and productive, 
Pkt. 20c., 4% oz. 50c., oz. 90c. 
Fort Myers Market. (85 days.) Vigorous 
and very productive high bush variety, 
holding fruits well off the ground. Fruits 
ideal size for shipment, 9 to 10 in. long, 
5% to 614 in. diameter, nearly egg shaped, 
broadest near blossom end. Outstanding 
for deep purplish black color and high 
gloss. Pkt. 20c., % oz. 50c., oz. 90c. 
DILL HERB 
(70 days) 
Used extensively for culinary use and for 
putting with Cucumber when pickling, pro- 
ducing the famous Dill pickles. Pkt. 10c., 
oz. 20c. 
DANDELION 
1 oz. will sow 150-ft. row 
Common. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25¢., 14 Ib. 75c., 
Ib. $2.50. 
Improved Thick-Leaved. (50 days.) A 
very early and healthful Spring salad. Sow 
early in the Spring, in drills, 18 in. apart 
and thin out to 6 in. in the drills. Pkt. 10c., 
oz. $1.50, 14 Ib. $4.50, lb. $15.00. 
