Ino leading 
introductions 
MARKETER 
Marketer 
MARKETER. Bred and introduced by AasGrow. The leading 
market variety, with vigorous vines producing heavily over a 
long season. Fruits: trim, slightly tapered, very uniform, 
deep green well down to the blossom end; hold well after 
picking and can be left in the field for another picking with- 
out ballooning. The AsGRow strain is carefully maintained 
by regular selection. 
OHIO MR 17. A black-spined pickling variety, highly resis- 
tant to cucumber mosaic. The fruits are somewhat longer 
than National Association and darker colored. Vines vigor- 
ous and productive. Of particular value in areas where cucum- 
ber mosaic is the principal disease. 
DILL 
MAMMOTH LONG ISLAND. Plants 2-3 ft. high, with leaves 
cut into thread-like divisions. 
MODEL 
MODEL. An important pickling variety developed by asGRow. 
The fruits are well proportioned, with blunt ends. In contrast 
to most pickling varieties, Model fruits have white spines 
and a darker green skin, and hold their color well in shipping, 
Model 
at the roadside stand, or on markets. 
EGG PLANT 
Cubit : Niagara : A&C 
: Santee : Palmetto : Straight-8 :; Marketer 
Set plants on loose, well drained soil when all danger of frost is past. Immediately after transplanting, use a suitable insecticide to 
prevent injury from flea beetles. 
Variety Days* Height Fruit Color Fruit Shape Remarks 
Blackie Beaty sameeren 80 24-30 dark purple oval globe For early market. 
Plordavkiche Bushee 85 30-36 dark purple long, tapering See below. 
Blonda\Vlaikc tment 80 30-36 dark purple long oval Phomopsis resistant, prolific. 
Font viversVlanket mene 83 30-36 dark purple long oval See below. 
Levys UNE os ar dodonss WS 24-30 dark purple long, slim Early and prolific. 
New Hampshire Hybrid ..... 70 18 purple oval For short season areas. 
*From time of transplanting. 
Florida High Bush 
FORT MYERS MARKET. A principal vari- 
ety in southern states, producing very 
heavy yields of uniform, large-sized, fancy 
fruits over a long period. The plants are 
of high-bush type; the fruits are blackish 
purple, slightly elongated, and cylindrical. 
FLORIDA HIGH BUSH. A widely adapted, 
productive variety. The plants are erect, 
with fruit borne off the ground. The fruits 
are of good length, tapering towards the 
stem end, dark purple in color. When 
properly grown, Florida High Bush does 
well as far north as southern New England. 
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FENNEL 
FLORENCE FENNEL (Finocchio). Plants 
30”-36” tall, with broad, overlapping stalks 
something like celery, but forming a flat- 
oval bulb-like enlargement at the base of 
the stem. The enlargement or bulb is 
sweet and anise-flavored. 
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