. Young & Halstead's descriptive seed catalogue. Nursery stock New York (State) Troy Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 16 YOUNG & HALSTEAD, CHOICE SELECTED SEEDS. CUCUMBERS—Continued. Early Frame, or Short Green. Fine for pickling. Pkt. 5c.; oz. loc.; 3=€ lb. 20c.; lb. 40c. ^ Improved White Spine. Best for general crop, and unquestionably the best for all purposes. May be used under glass with good results. Best for pickling purposes, or first crop ior cucumbers. Pkt. 5c.; oz. loc.; 34 Ih. ^ 20c.; lb. 45c. (See illus., page 15.) Arlington White Spin


. Young & Halstead's descriptive seed catalogue. Nursery stock New York (State) Troy Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 16 YOUNG & HALSTEAD, CHOICE SELECTED SEEDS. CUCUMBERS—Continued. Early Frame, or Short Green. Fine for pickling. Pkt. 5c.; oz. loc.; 3=€ lb. 20c.; lb. 40c. ^ Improved White Spine. Best for general crop, and unquestionably the best for all purposes. May be used under glass with good results. Best for pickling purposes, or first crop ior cucumbers. Pkt. 5c.; oz. loc.; 34 Ih. ^ 20c.; lb. 45c. (See illus., page 15.) Arlington White Spine. The earliest for pickling. The Arlington is largely used by market gardeners and is a leader. Some claim it is fully as good as \Vhiie Spine. It is one of the best. Very pro- ductive. Pkt. 5c.; oz. loc; 3^ lb. 20c.; lb. 45c. Peerless White Spine. Very early strain. y Pkt. 5c.; oz. loc; lb. 20c.; lb. 40c. Nichol's Medium Green. A very fine table sort. Pkt. 5c.; oz. 10.; }^ lb. ^ 20c.; lb. 50c. Long Green. Long and crisp. A popular and standard variety for pickles, 50. lb. 20c.; lb. 40C. New York I^nproved Spineless. Early Green Prolific. Dark green, and one of the best for pickling. Very pro- ductive and of unif. rra small size. Pkt. ' 5c.; oz. loc; 34 20C.; lb. 459. Boston Pickling. A favorite eastern sort, of suptrn quality. Pkt. 5c.; oz. loc; 34 1^- 20c.; lb. 40C. ^Westfield's Chicago Pickling. One of the best for late planting. A well known Western variety. Pkt. 5c.; oz. loc; 34 lb. 20c.; lb. 45c. EGG Culture.—Sow in hotbeds very early in spring, and transplant when two inches high into two inch pots. If this is not done, thin 10 four inches apart. Do not plant out until weather becomes perfectly settled and warm. Set out plants three by two feet. One oz. for 1000 plants. Kew York Improved Spineless. This variety is vastly supericr to the old va- riety. Habit of the plant is low and branching and is quite free from spines, both plant and calyx, which a


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