. A descriptive catalogue of vegetables for canning and quick freezing. 24 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. CUCUMBER 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. The figure should be reduced by several days for small pickles. The letters indicate black spined varieties. Length Diameter of fruit of fruit i
. A descriptive catalogue of vegetables for canning and quick freezing. 24 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. CUCUMBER 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. The figure should be reduced by several days for small pickles. The letters indicate black spined varieties. Length Diameter of fruit of fruit inches inches Days 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 sorts. DAVIS BLEND, 6 2% 57 A desirable strain for pickle packers; deep green, squarish ended, uniform, productive. Resembles National Associa- tion Pickling. EARLY RUSSIAN, 4 2 54 A small, exceptionally early, and prolific pickling variety. Short oval, medium green. GHERKIN, WEST INDIA 2% 1 60 Not a true cucumber. Used for very small pickles. Fruits pale green, covered with prickly spines; oval and A comparative study of pickling varieties at one of the Asgrow stations. 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; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc
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