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time, there is scarcely a vegetable, with which 

 soil, locality, and culture make a greater differ- 

 ence ; and those raised on a sandy loam are 

 often as much better than those from wet land, 

 as light bread than dough. 



I have always found, that a small space 

 devoted to cucumbers paid well, and of course 

 the home market must be supplied with this 

 vegetable. A crisp young cucumber, picked 

 with the dew on it, and sliced for breakfast, is 

 as different from the wilted article often found 

 in city markets, as sweet sixteen from sixty. 



As I have said before, it is best to make the 

 hills quite early in the season. This can be 

 done by opening small round holes, four feet 

 apart each way, and rilling them with mingled 

 soil and old rotted manure, heaping all up into 

 little mounds for the sun to warm and mellow. 

 Then, some time from the first to the tenth of 

 May, these can be levelled down and the seed 



