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Title: D. Landreth Seed Company : (catalog)
Identifier: DLandrethSeedCo00LandD (find matches)
Year: 19uu (19u0s)
Authors: Landreth, D. Seed Company
Subjects: Nurseries (Horticulture); Nursery stock; Flowers; Seeds; Vegetables; Seed industry and trade; Landreth, D. Seed Company; Seeds; Flowers; Seeds; Vegetables; Seeds; Seed industry and trade; Seed industry and trade
Publisher: Bristol, PA Bloomsdale, PA Baltimore, MD New Freedom, PA : D. Landreth Seed Company
Contributing Library: New York Botanical Garden, LuEsther T. Mertz Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS

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SEEDS WHICH SUCCEED
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Trial Grounds,—Twenty-eight tests of White Spine Cucumber, distinct samples purchased from ten seed merchants, all claiming to sell better strains than their neighbors. Two rows or fifty plants to each sample—the tests later on showing many inconsistencies or variations in merit. We know something about the merits of different brands of White Spines. Cucumber THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE. Four Ounces of Seed to 100 Yards of Row. Four Pounds to the Acre. Period of Maturity 40 to 60 Days from Sowing, According to Variety and Season of the Year. A good crop cannot be grown on thin soil. For early use plant in hills 4x4 feet, on a warm border, when the Cherry is in bloom, and for a succes- sion sow in drills at 5 feet when the Apple is in bloom. For pickles plant middle of Summer. FOR SALTING FOR PICKLES Short FrolifiC) pickling size Short Prolific Pickle, 50 days.—A variety of the "Frame type," but smaller and Lb. M Lb. Oz. Pkt. producing fruit suitable for pickling in fifty days from planting. An abundant bearer, highly commended for pickles, for which it is used by many of the most famous pickling establishments. Vines very short, admitting of planting in rows as close as 2; feet 90 25 15 5 Jersey Pickle, 60 days to make pickles.—It is productive, and is said to "green" better than anj^ other variety and to "hold color." Early Spring sowings will develop fruit of pickling size, 2 to 3 inches long, in 60 days; early Summer sowings still quicker 95 25 15 5 For Express charges paid by customer, or small seeds Postage paid by us, see inside of c^ver. (29)

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