CHAPTER. XI. 
MISCELLANEOUS’ WARM PLANTS. 
THERE are various crops of secondary importance 
which thrive at temperatures which are acceptable to 
tomatoes, cucumbers and melons. The details of the 
management of the leading ones of these crops are 
here set forth. 
It is probable that okra may be forced with profit, 
for there is a good demand for the product in the New 
York market. I do not know that any one has had any 
practical experience with it as a forcing crop, but it is 
now being experimented upon at Cornell. 
Squashes and their kin can be grown under glass, 
but it is not probable that they can be made a com- 
mercial success (see page 6). 
Green corn has been tried in a desultory way at Cor- 
nell, but nothing has yet been made of it. 
BEAN. 
Bush beans are easily forced, and they constitute one 
of the best secondary winter crops. We ordinarily grow 
them upon cucumber, melon, or other benches while 
waiting for the cucumbers or melons to attain sufficient 
size in the pots for transplanting. We also grow them 
in 8-inch pots or in boxes, placing them here and there 
in the houses, wherever there is sufficient room and 
light. Beans will be ready for picking in six or eight 
weeks after sowing, in midwinter. Their demands are 
simple, yet exacting. They must have a rich, moist 
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