. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. lCll s ^CUCUMBER. The Cucumber delights in rimg; retaining its color and fresh appearance longer than any other variety. Buist's Perfection Early White Spine.—A selection made from the Im- proved White Spine for its large size, per- fection of form and earliness. As the earliest and most pro- ductive market varie- ty it has no equal, and will be found far more profitable to grow than the Improved White Spine. The market gardeners' first, and most im- p
. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. lCll s ^CUCUMBER. The Cucumber delights in rimg; retaining its color and fresh appearance longer than any other variety. Buist's Perfection Early White Spine.—A selection made from the Im- proved White Spine for its large size, per- fection of form and earliness. As the earliest and most pro- ductive market varie- ty it has no equal, and will be found far more profitable to grow than the Improved White Spine. The market gardeners' first, and most im- portant consideration in growing Cucum- bers for market is to obtain the choicest seed stock for plant- ing. Most of the crops grown are very ] Spurious. Buist's Perfection Early White Spine Cucumber. The Famous Market Variety. much mixed and of inferior quality. Buist's Perfection is regarded by growers as the finest and purest stock known. It is not only the very earliest, but it produces Cucumbers of the finest j form and most salable size for shipping ! purposes. It was introduced by us a few years since, and is already being grown by the most extensive cultivators and ship- pers of Cucumbers in this country. We annually grow over 150 acres, especially for seed. This variety is put up in our i Sealed Packets, ounces, % and 1 pound | cartoons; we sell no seed in bulk. It has become the most popular and salable stock of White Spine Cucumber Seed in this \ Per oz., 15 cts.; # lb., 30 cts.; b., $; 5 lbs., at 90 cts.; 10 lbs., at cts. i/75< I Arlington, or Improved Early "White Spine.—The White Spine has always been the favorite variety for early planting for both market and private use. The Ar- lington is a selection made from the old variety and grown very extensively for forcing in the vicinity of Boston. It is equally as desirable for out-door culture, but Buist's Perfection is far more desirable for either purpose, being of more perfect form, more productive
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