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COMPARISON OF PICKLING 
CUCUMBERS 
JAPANESE CLIMBING—A strong vined va- 
tiety primarily used for slicing, but also 
for dill pickles. Fruit is 742 inches long, 3 
inches in diameter, with an almost smooth 
surface; tapered on the stem end, blunt on 
the blossom end. 
LONG GREEN IMPROVED or LONDON LONG 
GREEN—An old favorite with home garden- 
ers for slicing and for ripe (yellow) pickles. 
Fruit is 10 inches long and 2! inches in 
diameter, slender, slightly tapered, medium 
green, fine quality. 
*MARKETER (EARLY GREEN MARKET)— 
Dark green color and attractively shaped 
fruits, together with productiveness have 
made this the leading market and shipping 
variety in most areas, A fine slicing variety. 
Fruit is 8 inches long, 214 inches in dia- 
meter, slightly tapering toward ends, very 
dark green, holds color well on market. 
*MODEL—A recent introduction, similar to 
National Pickling; but white spined and 
darker green, Fruit is 6 inches long, 244 
inches in diameter. Attractive; good pickling 
quality, 
NATIONAL PICKLING—The princival com- 
mercial pickling variety. Used for both dill 
and small pickles. Careful maintenance of 
the original stock makes our strain one of 
the best. Fruit is 6 inches long and 214 
inches in diameter, prolific, medium dark 
green, well shaped, blunt ended, fine 
quality. 
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OHIO MR17 (MOSAIC RESISTANT)—New 
pickling variety that yields with National 
Pickling, out-yielding it by far when mo- 
saic is present. Vigorous healthy vine pro- 
duces fruit right up until frost. Fruit is 64% 
inches long, 2Y2 inches in diameter, re- 
sembles National Pickling closely, but is 
darker green and somewhat longer, Flesh 
is thick and solid, 
*PALMETTO—A downy mildew resistant 
variety, developed for Southern growing 
conditions. Fruit is 8 inches long, 2/2 inches 
in diameter, thick flesh and small seed area; 
dark green ,slightly pointed ends. 
*SANTEE—A sister line of Palmetto, intro- 
duced for its earliness, tolerance to downy 
mildew, and fine fruit characteristics, Rec- 
ommended for early spring crop, Fruit is 9 
inches long, 2 inches in diameter, cylind- 
rical ends slightly pointed, 
*STAYS GREEN or BLACK DIAMOND—This 
well known variety used for commercial 
pickle production in the South. Fruit is 7 
inches long, 24% inches in diameter, blunt 
ends, uniform; dark green holds well. 
*STRAIGHT EIGHT—A fine shipper and 
also splendid as a slicer for the home gar- 
den, Fruit is 8 inches long; 2 inches in 
diameter, straight and cylindrical with 
blunt ends; deep rich green. 
WHITE WONDER—A distinct variety with 
a novel pure white color, and good edible 
quality. Fruit is 7 inches long, 21/7 inches 
in diameter, blocksy shape with rounded 
ends, pure white at all stages, 
(In the above descriptions, the asterisks indicate 
white spined varieties; the remainder are black.) 
EGGPLANT 
Eggplant grows best in warm weather and in rich, 
light soil. The seed should be sown indoors or 
in hot beds, thinned out when about 3 inches 
high, and then transplanted into the field when 
the weather is fully settled and the ground warm. 
The plants should stand 2Y feet apart each way. 
BLACK BEAUTY—The most universally used 
home and market garden variety, holds its 
color well after being picked, Plant is 24 
to 30 inches tall, fruit is deep purplish 
black, smooth, large blunt egg-shape. 
EARLY LONG PURPLE—An early type with 
weaker plant growth and long shaped 
fruits. Plant is 20 to 24 inches tall, fruit is 
dark purple, 24% inches in diameter, 7 
inches long, slender, smooth. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH—Suggest Fort Myers 
Market, 
FLORIDA MARKET—A new Fort Myers type 
with resistance to Phomopsis blight, Plant 
is 30 to 36 inches tall, fruit long oval shape, 
blackish-purple in color, fairly uniform, 
FORT MYERS MARKET—Well known in the 
South for its ability to withstand drouth 
and its fine appearance and market accept- 
ance, an improvement over Florida High 
EGGPLANT, 
FORT MYERS MARKET 
Bush, Plant is 30 to 36 inches tall; fruit is 6 
inches long, oval shape, slightly thicker 
near blossom end, blackish purple in 
color, uniform, 
ENDIVE 
A delicious salad green having a distinctly ap- 
pealing, tart flavor. Easily grown and can be had 
throughout the growing season by repeated plant- 
ings. Does best when it matures in cool weather. 
Sow the seed in rows about 15 inches apart; 
plants should be thinned to stand 10 to 12 inches 
apart. The center of the plant can be blanched 
by tying the outer leaves together as the plant 
approaches maturity. 
FULL HEART BATAVIAN or ESCAROLE or 
FLORIDA DEEP HEART—A fine endive, im- 
proved over the old Batavian Broadleaved. 
Leaves medium dark with crumpled outer 
surfaces; plants 12 to 16 inches across, dense 
and fairly upright so that the heart becomes 
well bleached. Widely used, 
GREEN CURLED RUFFEC or GREEN CURLED 
GREEN RIBBED—Dark green, finely but 
deeply cut and fringed leaves, Plants 12 to 
15 inches across, easily tied for blanching. 
Midribs light green, 
HERBS 
Herbs add much to the garden, both in attrac- 
tiveness and usefulness. 
The seed can be grown early in the spring in rows 
about 16 inches apart and covered lightly with 
fine soil well pressed down. 
Cucumber 
Like other vine crops, cucumbers thrive in fairly warm weather 
and are usually killed by frost. Unlike most other vine crops, they 
need abundant moisture. Keep the plants well picked, because if 
the fruit are allowed to mature, the plants cease to set on more 
fruit. 
Sow the seed in hills 4 feet apart each way, planting 8 to 10 seeds 
per hill to a depth of 1 inch. 
Fertilizer or well rotted manure mixed with the soil in the hill will 
prove beneficial. 
Thin each hill to about 3 of the most vigorous plants. Cucum- 
bers are difficult to transplant, but can be handled this way if the 
seed is sown in small containers and the entire lump of soil care- 
fully transplanted. 
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