128 CULTURE OF VEGETABLES [CH. 



under glass in March, re-potted in a few weeks, and kept 

 in a frame until they are strong plants. Cucumbers, as a 

 rule, must have the protection of glass, but Marrows only 

 require a cap-glass for shelter at night from late frosts. 

 They may be planted on any well-manured mound, and 

 cut when they are 6 or 8 inches in length. 



If Tomatoes can be raised early and pushed forward 

 in pots until frosts are gone, they may then be planted 

 in a sunny aspect, or against a south wall, staked, care- 

 fully disbudded as they grow to maturity, and mulched 

 with liquid manure ; they will, in ordinarily good summers, 

 bear a very fair crop, but their proper place in a northern 

 climate is under glass. 



A lady who plants out her Tomatoes each summer 

 has lately complained that a large proportion of each year's 

 crop is lost from repeated attacks of a disease which ap- 

 pears first as a black spot, and eventually spreads over 

 half the plant. 



If such plants have been already established in the 

 ground, a sprinkling of sulphur at the earlier stages might 

 destroy the fungus, or treatment similar to that so suc- 

 cessfully used with the potato fungus (see chap. vi. part i.) 

 might be tried, but it is not by any means an easy matter 

 to exterminate such a growth. 



To secure an efficacious preventive of mildew and of all 

 sorts of fungoid growth, we cannot do better than write for 

 a sample bag of " Veltha " and a copy of his pamphlet, to 

 Mr Wm. Wood, Wood Green, London, N. Directions will 

 accompany the mixture, which must, however, be dug into 

 the soil previous to planting. 



