The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1921-02-26
MARVELLOUS CUCUMBER
Ready for Table in Three To
Five Days From Blossom

A wonderful cucumber, probably
only exceeded in rapid growth by
certain edible bamboos and palms
and which grow from the blossom
to an edible stage with amazing ra
pidity, has been produced by Fred A.
Howard, the famous scientist of
South Easton, Mass.
When grown under proper condi-
lions Of soil and cultivation 1t re-
quires but three or five days from the
dropping Of the blossom to the table
according to the climate in which
the cu%cumbers are grown.
To Distribute Seeds Later
When grown under these condi-
tions. the day the blossoms drop from
the vine. the tiny cucumbers appear,
and on the first day frequently reach
an inch in length. On the second day.
they are found to be greatly in
creased in size. On the third to fifth
day they are Of a size suitable for
table use, and they are then at their
best, although they have not then at
tanned full size.
The texture of the flesh of the Gu
cucumber is described as infinitely
more delicate and crisp than that of
any other cucumber. This is due to
its stratlingly rapid growth. The fb-
ers have no time to develop as in the
case of slow growing cucumbers. The
aroma and flavor are also exquisitely
delicate.
Mr.. Howard plans to arrange for
the free distribution Of the seed later
on.
Named for Hon. Joseph G. Sibley
"Mr. Towards desires are that the
public shall have the advantage Of
this wonderful new vegetable with
out charge" said an associate of MI.
Towards, "and that any one who de-
sires may have the opportunity of
c~ultivating 1t in his or her back yard,
garden, or farm. But he has not the
facilities to grow the new vegetable
in great quantity, and even IL he had,
his life is so fully occupied with val
liable laboratory work, that it would
be impossible for him to do so. So
he has arranged that Joseph C. Sib-
ley, former Congressman from Penn
sylvania. shall propagate the plant at
his experimental farm at Franklin,
Venango County. Pa, where Mr.. Sib-
ley maintains one of the most elabor-
ate and valuable private experiment
al farms in the United States. This
experimental farm is operated solely
to advise and demonstrate for the
benefit Of other farmers and breed
ers, new and greatly improved meth
DDS Of breeding. Of plant growth and
soil cultivation. Because Mr.. Sibley
unselfishly offers great benefit to all
interested in agricultural economics,
Mr.. Howard has named the new Gu
cumber the Joseph c. Sibley."
Years Of Selective Breeding
Mr.. Howard has produced the new
cucumber after several years of intri-
cate selective breeding. The initial
variety was a cucumber grown in
northern Russia where the Summers
are very short. and where a fruit or
vegetable, to endure and to mature,
must perfect itself with great rapid
ty. Working with this new obsolete
variety as a parent plant Mr.. Howard
has produced the new variety which
differs greatly in shape and quality
from s t~iRsinsuafwy fwy fwyfwfwfw
from its Russian ancestor. The new
cucumber, when full size. is about
the size of a drinking glass. but with
the ends slightly rounded.
Fred A. Howard is widely known
as a chemist and physicist. His great
work in leather rectifcation is the
sensation of the scientific world.