. Descriptive catalog of vegetables for canning and quick freezing. Canning and preserving; Frozen fruit; Frozen vegetables; Vegetables Preservation; Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 24 .ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, National Association Pickling: maintained at its best by careful selection CUCUMBER The breeding of new strains and improvement of standard sorts of cucumbers is car- ried on at breeding stations in Colorado and California. Exceptional care is exercised in the isol
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables for canning and quick freezing. Canning and preserving; Frozen fruit; Frozen vegetables; Vegetables Preservation; Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 24 .ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, National Association Pickling: maintained at its best by careful selection CUCUMBER The breeding of new strains and improvement of standard sorts of cucumbers is car- ried on at breeding stations in Colorado and California. Exceptional care is exercised in the isolation of breeding plots to prevent hybridization. The number of days indicates the relative time required from planting of seed to first picking of fruits. The figure should be reduced by several days for small pickles and increased slightly for full grown fruits. The letters indicate black spined varieties and white spined. The more important varieties are listed in larger letters. Length Diameter of fruit of fruit inches inches Days BOSTON PICKLING, 6 2^ 58 Very early, and prolific; a good pickling variety. Fruits me- dium green, slightly tapered. CHICAGO PICKLING, 6 2^ 59 A sturdy well-known pickling variety. Fruits medium green, nearly square ended; very prolific; well warted and ribbed at pickle size; uniform and attractive; largest of the pick- ling sorts. DAVIS BLEND, 6 6% 57 A desirable strain for pickle packers; deep green, squarish ended, uniform, productive. Resembles National Associa- tion Pickling. EARLY RUSSIAN, 4 2 54 A small, exceptionally early, and prolific pickling variety. Short oval, medium 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. : Associate
Size: 1806px × 1384px
Photo credit: © Paul Fearn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthorhenryggilbertnurseryandseedtradecata, bookcentury1900
