LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XIX 



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115. Abundance cucumber and arbor form of training. 



Season well advanced 327 



116. Single stem training of cucumber. Note location of 



male and female flowers and the small nickles 329 



117. Branch of cucumber showing male and female flowers. 



The latter may be recognized by the miniature pickles 330 



118. Hive of bees at end of greenhouse 333 



119. Box containing several hives of bees 334 



120. Three grades of cucumbers 341 



121. Cucumbers packed in barrels 343 



122. Cucumbers packed in bushel boxes 344 



123. Cucumbers packed in half-bushel basket 345 



124. Muskmelons grown at the New Hampshire Experiment 



Station. Note thin strips of wood which support the 



fruit 349 



125. Muskmelons growing in an English house 353 



126. Pole beans growing in an English house 358 



127. Chinese cabbage 361 



128. Dandelion being forced in a cheap house near Boston 364 



129. Kohl-rabi at the Ohio State University 367 



130. Witloof chicory 374 



131. Planting witloof chicory in trenches 377 



132. Well-protected wooden coldframes 388 



133. An extensive flat of coldframes. Note method of ven- 



tilation and sideboards nailed to stakes 389 



134. Coldframes well protected by the greenhouse. Note rye 



straw mats 391 



135. Frame cauliflower following a companion crop of let- 



tuce. Note mats, which are being thoroughly dried 

 before they are stored for the summer 393 



136. Surface hotbed. Note notched block for supporting 



sash 394 



137. Pit for hotbed showing drainage basin 395 



138. An extensive flat of coldframes. Note method of ven- 



tilation and irrigating lines 397 



139. A coldframe plat near Norfolk, Va. Note method of 



ventilating 398 



140. Frame crop of Nantes carrot 399 



141. Frame cauliflower ready to head 400 



142. Frame cucumbers near Norfolk, Va 401 



143. Soil in coldframes, after sowing seed of dandelion, 



carrot, parsley, etc., for the fall crop, is covered with 

 salt hay to conserve moisture and to prevent the soil 

 from baking. When seedlings are up, the hay is 

 removed 402 



144. Coldframes ready for seeding in August with carrots 



and other fall crops 403 



