Mid-Season Vegetables 



Cucumbers for pickling should not be sown 

 before June and may be planted at any time after 

 that up to mid-July. Plant in hills from four to 

 six feet apart spading in a spadeful of manure in 

 each hill ; thin out to three or four plants in a hill 

 when danger of bugs is past; spray with Bor- 

 deaux Arsenate of Lead three ounces to a gallon 

 of water, when in danger of beetles or blight ; the 

 combination of lead and Bordeaux mixture covers 

 both emergencies. 



Keep the ground well cultivated as long as the 

 vines will allow; pinch off the ends of all the 

 vines when about a foot long to induce branching ; 

 when the plants begin to bloom notice the pres- 

 ence or absence of bees. Some years the cur- 

 cubita family fails signally in setting fruit and 

 this is usually caused by lack of pollenization by 

 the bees. On a small patch one may substitute 

 cross-pollenization by carrying pollen from one 

 blossom to another with a camel's hair brush or 

 by shaking the blossoms against each other, but 

 a preventative measure would be to raise a colony 

 or two of bees. Sometimes the presence of some 



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