. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 40 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. CUCUMBER (continued) Length Diameter of fruit of fruit inches inches Days Early Russian, 4 2 54 A small, early, pickling variety. Short oval, medium green. Gherkin, West India Cucumis anguria, 2y2 1 60 Not a true cucumber. Fruits pale green, covered with prickly spines; oval and uniform. Used for very small pickles. Improved Long Green, Sy2 2y2 70 For the home garden. Fruits deep gree
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 40 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. CUCUMBER (continued) Length Diameter of fruit of fruit inches inches Days Early Russian, 4 2 54 A small, early, pickling variety. Short oval, medium green. Gherkin, West India Cucumis anguria, 2y2 1 60 Not a true cucumber. Fruits pale green, covered with prickly spines; oval and uniform. Used for very small pickles. Improved Long Green, Sy2 2y2 70 For the home garden. Fruits deep green, slightly tapered; heavily warted. Longfellow, 12 iy2 70 Fruits dark green, uniform, straight and exceptionally long. Long Stays Green, 8 2x/2 63 A long strain of Stays Green, for fall and early spring planting in the South. Fruits medium dark green, cylindrical. MARKETER, <ZL^ 8 2% 65 A distinctive Asgrow variety developed at our Eastern breed- ing station. Famed for the trim appearance and uniformity of its many fruits, with their rich dark color carried well down to the blossom end. Vine very vigorous and yields heavily through a long bearing season; fruits slightly tapered, seed area exceptionally small. MODEL, 6 2% 56 A new pickling variety developed at our Eastern breeding station. Of similar shape and size to National Association Pickling but white-spined and of darker green exterior color. Trim in appearance and uniform, it is aptly Model: well named for its fine shape, color and pickling qualities. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc.
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