VEGETABLES RAISED FOR MARKET 



method of house-culture cucumbers may be grown 

 at any time during the season. Where crops 

 are to be grown for continuous supply during the 

 winter, the first sowing is done in August. Vines 

 of this sowing will come into bearing about 

 October; and at that season of the year cucumbers 

 will usually bring from five to ten cents each. 

 The vines are left to bear as long as they continue 

 doing well. Then the ground is cleared off, and 

 another crop is put in, say of lettuce. In the 

 houses the vines are not allowed to rest on the 

 ground, as they do in the beds, but are trained on 

 trellises of various styles. Thus the cucumbers 

 may be seen with all facility during growth, and 

 taken when ready for picking. Where cucumbers 

 are grown exclusively in the houses, only two 

 crops can be raised each winter. 



To get the best returns from cucumbers in the 

 houses the crops should be planted so as to be 

 bearing from March to June. To do this the first 

 crop should be set about the middle of January 

 and this crop will pick about the first of March. 

 Seed for this crop is sown about the 10th of 

 December and after plants are pricked out from 

 the seed-bed and allowed to remain there for a 



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