206 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
where on the northern prairies presses home the oft considered 
question, what can be done practically to overcome it? However 
successful or unsuccessful any of us may bein our different locali- 
ties, is it not our duty to employ more efficient methods by which 
to carry on our horticultural work throughout the state? In Aus- 
tria and other nationalities of Europe, forestal and horticultural 
practices are made an inseparable factor of education. The horticul- 
turists of New York are moving step by step in the same direction, 
and that, too, with admirable success. For several years the for- 
estry association has agitated the teaching of rudimental forestry 
in our public schools, and the responses from county superintend- 
ents has been very encouraging. The subject matter will no doubt 
be discussed at the next annual meeting in January, of the associa- 
tion, and conclusion drawn as to what can be done practically. The 
horticultural society has ever been the foster patron of forestry, 
ever appreciating the fact that there can be no successful horticul- 
ture without forestry to protect fruit plants against destructive 
winds. If we unite forces in a common cause, the dawn of the 
twentieth century will be demarked by horticulture and forestry in 
our educational curriculum, and missionary work successfully 
doing in every county and town in the state. 
MY SUTTON’S MATCHLESS CUCUMBER. 
(The English Frame (Seedless) Cucumber.) 
MRS. M. A. CUZNER, ESSEX AND 27TH AV.S. E., MINNEAPOLIS. 
The seed was sown early in May in small pots and placed near 
the stove. When well up, they were kept in the greenhouse by day 
and taken intothe house at night, for the reason that I have 
no heat in my little greenhouse. As soon as the tomato plants 
were grown, they were planted out on the benches inthe green- 
house in good soil, composed of cow manure ( two years old) about 
one-third and rotten sod two-thirds. My benches are not more than 
six inches deep, but eight would be much better. As early in the 
afternoon as the temperature will allow (not above 80°), I close 
the house and syringe the plants, using clear water that has stood 
in the sunshine all day. 
These cucumbers can be grown in a hotbed, but do not look quite 
as well, as they bleach a little on the under side and do not grow 
quite so straight or large. They have very few seeds and are much 
better in flavor than the common cucumber. I cut two twenty-six 
inches and others eighteen to twenty-four inches in length. 
Those who attended the last state fair may remember see- 
ing two of these cucumbers displayed on the shelves just 
above the refrigerator cases. They attracted a great deal of 
attention, and we know they are fine flavored from actual test. 
Sec’y. 
