Cole's garden annual . COLES CUCUMBER SEED 31 CUCUMBER Ger. Giirkeii. Fr. ounce will plant 60 hills. Cucumbers succeed best in warm, rich, sandyloamy ground. They should not be planted in theopen air until there is a prospect of settled warmweather; about the middle of May. Plant in hillsabout four feet apart each way. Put ten or fifteenseeds in a hill, half an inch deep, and press theearth smoothly with the back of the hoe. The hills,should be previously prepared by mixing thoroughljwith the soil of each a shovelful of well rotted man-ure. When all danger from insects is past,
Cole's garden annual . COLES CUCUMBER SEED 31 CUCUMBER Ger. Giirkeii. Fr. ounce will plant 60 hills. Cucumbers succeed best in warm, rich, sandyloamy ground. They should not be planted in theopen air until there is a prospect of settled warmweather; about the middle of May. Plant in hillsabout four feet apart each way. Put ten or fifteenseeds in a hill, half an inch deep, and press theearth smoothly with the back of the hoe. The hills,should be previously prepared by mixing thoroughljwith the soil of each a shovelful of well rotted man-ure. When all danger from insects is past, thin outthe plants, leaving three or four of the strongestto each hill. The fruit should be gathered whenlarge enough, whether required for use or not, left to ripen on the vines, it destroys their pro^ductiveness. For pickles, plant from June to mid-dle of July. When small sprinkle the plants, whenthe dew is on, with ashes or air-slacked lime to pro-tect them from bugs. One pound is sufficient foran improved White Spine Cucumber V/ir/ovi IgfiOVED WHITE SPINE or ARLING-Vj^N. For both market use and pick-hng this variety is now more largely grown thanany other. This improved strain is vastly superiorto the old White Spine. Market gardeners andpickling establishments have here a cucumber thatis admirably suited to their wants. Per pkt. 5oz. 10 cts., % lb. 25 cts., lb. 75 cts. \^TRA EARLY SIBERIAN. A fine var-iety and the earliest cucumber known, producingfruits five inches long, in the open giound fromseed in fifty-five days. It will be a Mnprise formarket gardeners and truckers. A splendid freebearer, fruits straight and smooth, flesh tender andcrisp. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., ^4 lb. 25 cts.,lby^75 cte. RLY GREEN CLUSTER. A short,prickly, seedy variety, bearing in clusters near theroot; color pale green. It is a great bearer andmatures early. Per pkt. 5 cts., oz. 10 cts., % ^.».cts., lb. 75 cts. RLY FRAME, or EARLY SHORTGREEN. Productive of vigorous growth
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