& Co: spring 1907 catalogue . Colorlight green with smooth skin. They arecrisp and brittle, and have a very mildflavor. Especially good variety for light,warm soils. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20cents. Giant Pera OUR. PRICES INCLUDEPOSTAGE PAID V V« V JapaneseClimbingCucumber This variety is a strong, vigorousgrower. Vines attain twice the length ofthe common varieties. The youn plantsare bushy, but as soon as they becomewell established begin to climb and maybe grown on fences, poles or trellises,thus saving much valuable space in smallgardens. With this cucumber the productof a giv
& Co: spring 1907 catalogue . Colorlight green with smooth skin. They arecrisp and brittle, and have a very mildflavor. Especially good variety for light,warm soils. Packet, 10 cents; ounce, 20cents. Giant Pera OUR. PRICES INCLUDEPOSTAGE PAID V V« V JapaneseClimbingCucumber This variety is a strong, vigorousgrower. Vines attain twice the length ofthe common varieties. The youn plantsare bushy, but as soon as they becomewell established begin to climb and maybe grown on fences, poles or trellises,thus saving much valuable space in smallgardens. With this cucumber the productof a given area can be increased three-fold. The fruits are 10 to 12 inches inlength, of a line green color; the flesh isthick and firm, never bitter, and fine forpickling as well S g. It is very pro-lific, and the fruits ein raised wellabove the ground, never suffer from wetweather or nsects; vines ar proofagainst mildew nd continue be tilllate in t h e 11. (See illustration.)Packet. 10 cents: ounc-, 15 cents; %pound. 40 cents; pound, # //. G. Hastings cf Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. Oxir Everbearing Cxicvimber SetyVas proved very useful on account of its ever-bearing character—notice habitof growth in illustration. The first cucumbers are ready very early; thenthe vines continue to flower and produce fruit continuously until killedby frost, whether the ripe cucumbers are picked off or not, differing inthis respect from all sorts in cultivation. A single vine will exhibit atthe same time cucumbers in every stage of growth, the small ones beingperfect in shape, of a fine green color, and just the right size for are remarkably solid, with few seeds, and of very tine quality bothfor slicing and pickling. Packet, 5 cents; ounce, 10 cents; % pound, 30cents; pound, $ fr-»4r»s* rir> P>t<-«lr1<a This variety Is one to grow for pick-Viucagu r^^C ling purposes only. While they can beused when full grown for slicing, yet it is pre-eminently a pickli
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