CHAPTER III. 



CULTIVATION OF THE CUCUMBER IN THE PINE-HOUSE 

 IN THE WINTER. 



THE cucumber and the pine are analogous as 

 to the temperature in which they thrive, and 

 where the latter is fruited, the former may be 

 grown to advantage ; especially during the 

 period of the year in which out- door culture 

 would be attended with trouble, anxiety, and 

 expense. 



Having already given instructions for raising 

 plants in common beds (see p. 16), it is unne- 

 cessary to give further directions here on that 

 point. 



The description of cucumber I have found 

 most productive thus cultivated, is that called 

 " Kenyon's ; " by some known as the " Syon 

 Free Bearer ; " it is prolific, and grows to about 

 ten inches long ; it is of a pale green, with a 



