. A descriptive catalogue of vegetables. Vegetables; Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Seeds, Catalogs; Herbs, Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 43 CUCUMBER Cucumis sativus 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 for slicing. The figure should be reduced
. A descriptive catalogue of vegetables. Vegetables; Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture), Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Seeds, Catalogs; Herbs, Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS. 43 CUCUMBER Cucumis sativus 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 for slicing. 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 A & C, sy2 2Y4 68 Introduced by Abbott & Cobb; a leading variety for shipping and market gardens. Fruits uniform, nearly cylindrical, very dark green, tapering at ends. Attractive in appearance and holds its color well. Arlington, 7Y2 2]/2 62 An old variety for home gardens. Fruits semi-blunt ended, medium green. 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 Colorado: a very attractive, dark green shipping variety. 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. New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc.
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