. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds for the farm and garden. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Virginia Richmond. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Richmond, Ya. CUCUMBER (German, Gurke.') These are deliciously appropriate as a hot-weather vegetable or salad, and likewise for pickles. The South should grow more for this purpose as well as for shipping. Culture.âK warm, rich, sandy loam is the best soil for Cucumbers. Heat and moisture are two essentials necessary to grow Cucumbers. Plant as soo
. Descriptive catalogue of high grade seeds for the farm and garden. Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Commercial catalogs Virginia Richmond. T. W. WOOD & SONS, Richmond, Ya. CUCUMBER (German, Gurke.') These are deliciously appropriate as a hot-weather vegetable or salad, and likewise for pickles. The South should grow more for this purpose as well as for shipping. Culture.âK warm, rich, sandy loam is the best soil for Cucumbers. Heat and moisture are two essentials necessary to grow Cucumbers. Plant as soon as the weather becomes settled warm about the end of April or during May, in hills about four feet apart each way. The hills should be previously prepared by mixing a shovelful of well-rotted manure with the soil. Put about ten seeds in each hill, and when all danger of insects is past, thin out to three or four. The fruit should be gathered when large enough, whether wanted for use or not, for if left to ripen on the vine it de- stroys the productiveness. For late pickling, plant in June or July. One ounce will plant fifty hills ; two pounds will plant one acre. Siberian. This new variety is the â¢earliest in cultivation, producing cucum- bers five inches long fifty-five days after planting. It is somewhat thicker than the Early Cluster, and is more blunt at the ends. A very prolific bearer, and will be found first-class in every particu- lar. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. lo cts.; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 75 cts. Thorburn's Everbearing. A new, valuable, and unique variety. It is of small size, very early, and enormously productive. The peculiar merit of this is that the vines continue to flower and produce fruit for a long time. Per pkt. 5 â cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 25 cts.; lb. 80 cts. Early Russian. Productive and well flavored. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb, 20 cts. ; lb. 65c. Early Cluster. A splendid pickling sort. Per pkt. 5 cts.; oz. 10 cts.; \ lb. 20 cts.; lb. 65c. Early
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