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pollinate English cucumbers, although fruits will often 
set without this labor and will be, therefore, wholly seed- 
less (page 195). 
White Spine cucumbers are forced in essentially the 
same way as the English sorts, but they are oftener 
grown as a spring crop (following lettuce or plant stock) 
than the others are. They come into bearing sooner, 
ripen their fruits more simultaneously, demand full sun- 
light, and may be planted rather closer together than 
the others (page 201). 
The White Spine types should mature the entire crop 
in about three months after the plants are set in the 
benches. A plant will yield from 20 to go fruits, depend- 
ing upon the management of the house, the strength of 
the soil, the distance apart of the plants, and the thor- 
oughness with which the fruits are picked when fit for 
market (page 202). 
Cucumber enemies are the mite, aphis, root-gall, and 
mildew. For the mite, syringe the plants and pick off 
the infested leaves ; for aphis, use tobacco fumigation and 
pick infested leaves; for root-gall, use soil which has 
been thoroughly frozen; for mildew, improve the sani- 
tary conditions, and then use sulphur (page 200). 
DANDELION. 
Dandelion is sometimes forced from roots which are 
lifted in the fall, the seeds having been sown in the 
spring. The plant requires about the same temperature 
and treatment as lettuce does (page 143). 
EGGPLANT. 
Eggplants are not forced for market, but the plants 
can be grown under glass without especial difficulty. 
Their season is long (5 to 9 months), and eggplant fruits 
come in from the south in winter (pages 228, 233, 235). 
The plants should be started in flats or pots, and 
