Water Cress. 



Gather 

 spring. 



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or moist soil, and after once being introduced, will thrive in 

 almost any small stream of clear, cold water, ditch or pond, 

 without care or culture. On account of the pleasant pungency 

 and hygienic properties of the leaves, it is highly esteemed as a 

 table delicacy, and extensively grown for 

 market near all the larger cities. It makes 

 a superior salad, and fine material for garnish- 

 ing. To introduce it in any stream or body 

 of water, sow seed or a few cuttings or pieces 

 of root in the mud, along the margin, and it 

 will increase rapidly, often entirely overrunning 

 ditches and small brooks. Flooding is the 

 best winter protection, 

 and market in 

 It also grows 

 well on a moist green- 

 house bench, and on any 

 upland that can be kept 

 continuously moist. 



Upland Cress, Amer- 

 ican Cress. Barb are a 

 praecox; German, Amer- 

 ikanische Winter Kresse ; 

 French, Cresson de terrc. 

 Native biennial of 

 Europe, resembling 

 Upland Cress. Water Cress in taste, 



and used for seasoning and garnishing, 4 Easily grown from seed. 

 I have no high opinion of it, and do not recommend it 



CUCUMBER. 



Cucumis Sativus. German, Gurke ; French, Concombre ; 

 Spanish, Cohombro. Under heading of " Cold Forcing Houses " 

 (Chapter XIII) I have already alluded 

 to cucumbers as a profitable crop for 

 culture under glass. Otherwise the bulk 

 of cucumbers and pickles grown for 

 market is produced in the farm garden 

 rather than the market garden, simply 

 because the market gardener has not 

 sufficient space. Almost any kind of 

 well-drained soil will produce cucum- 

 bers, provided it is rich enough, or made 

 so. Young clover sod is good. The 

 selection of new ground wide crop rotation is always a good 

 precautionary measure, and liable to lessen the dangers from 

 insect and disease attacks. 



