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Title: Descriptive catalog of vegetables for processing
Identifier: descriptivecatal1955asso (find matches)
Year: 1955 (1950s)
Authors: Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Canning and preserving; Frozen fruit; Frozen vegetables; Vegetables Preservation; Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs
Publisher: New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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22 - ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. CUCUMBER The number of days indicates the relative time required from first picking of fruits. The letters b.s. indicate black spined and w.s. white spined varieties. Days CHICAGO PICKLING, b.s 59 Fruits medium green; well warted and ribbed at pickle size. Longer in relation to diameter than National Association. Mainly used for larger sizes. EARLIEST OF ALL, w.s 58 A standard white-spined pickling variety widely grown in the South. ) 1 I
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Model : well named for its shape, color and brining qualities MODEL, w.s 55 A distinctive variety developed at our Eastern breeding station. Of similar shape and size to National Association Pickling but white-spined and of darker green exterior color. Retains its firmness throughout the brining process. Trim in appearance and uniform. Adapted to the South. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PICKLING, b.s 58 A popular variety developed at the Michigan Agricultural College in col- laboration with the National Pickle Packers' Association. Fruits medium green, symmetrical and full ended. OHIO MR 17, b.s 57 Highly, though not fully, resistant to mosaic, making good crops possible where mosaic is prevalent. Fruits longer and somewhat darker than those of National Association. Firm in processing. OHIO MR 25, b.s 56 A new introduction from the Ohio Experiment Station with a larger vine than Ohio MR 17, more resistant to mosaic. Fruits somewhat shorter and more blocky. PACKER, b.s <£y») 58 Bred at our Pacific Coast breeding station to provide a pickling cucumber of National Association type but somewhat blockier in shape and more uniformly dark green in color. High yielding and gives a very attractive pack.

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