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Sow in early spring, in rows twelve or fifteen inches 

 apart. Make a sowing every ten or fifteen days, as it 



Cress, o' Peppergrass. 



runs very quickly to seed. The leaves, when young, 

 have a pungent taste and are used as a salad, and also 

 for garnishing. The Curled is the best for general use, 

 although several other varieties are cultivated. 



Cucumber {Cuaunis sativus). While this is a very 

 important out-door crop, it is also very extensively 

 grown under glass, for the Boston market ; and culti- 

 vated in this manner (as a forced crop) it is probably 

 dealt in to a larger extent here than in any other 

 market of the United States. Almost every market 

 gardener in this section who has any glass runs it, 

 either early or late, to cucumbers. As is well known, 

 the plant is a very tender one when grown out doors, 

 and when forced under glass is much more so. 



The seed for the first crop is generally sown about 

 the middle of March. When the plants are sufficiently 



