Archive image from page 51 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 48 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. A comparative study of pickling varieties at one of the Asgrow stations CUCUMBER—Continued £gg D£gr inches inches Days MARKETER 734 2 65 A new Asgrow variety developed at our Eastern breeding station and available for 1943 planting. Vines very vigorous and prolific; fruits slightly tapered to each end, very dark green in color, notably uniform and trim in appearance; an attractive cucumber for the early market. NATI
Archive image from page 51 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 48 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. A comparative study of pickling varieties at one of the Asgrow stations CUCUMBER—Continued £gg D£gr inches inches Days MARKETER 734 2 65 A new Asgrow variety developed at our Eastern breeding station and available for 1943 planting. Vines very vigorous and prolific; fruits slightly tapered to each end, very dark green in color, notably uniform and trim in appearance; an attractive cucumber for the early market. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PICKLING, 6 2 56 A highly desirable, very extensively used pickling strain devel- oped at the Michigan Agricultural College in collaboration with the National Pickle Packers' Association. Fruits dark green, symmetrical with thick walls; full ended; slightly shorter than Chicago Pickling. SNOW'S PERFECTION PICKLING, Sy2 2yA 56 A somewhat smaller sort than Chicago Pickling. Early, pro- lific, and rightly popular. Fruits deep green, and distinctly square ended, uniform, and attractive. Stays Green, (Black Diamond) 7 2Y 60 Used by Southern shippers. Fruits symmetrical, nearly square ended. Very dark green, holds color and firmness well when shipped long distances. STAYS GREEN, LONG TYPE, 8 2 58 A new variety of most desirable type for shippers and market gardeners. Combines the valued deep dark green color of Stays Green with the size and trim, cylindrical shape of Straight-8. In addition is unusually early, prolific and uniform.
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