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CORN SALAD OR FETTICUS. 



French, Mdche. German, Ackersalat. Spanish, Mdche. 



Sown and treated precisely as spinach, except that thinning 

 the plants is not essential (see SPINACH, page 179). 



It is a soft, mild salad plant, of no great account, but used 

 with or instead of other salads in the early spring, when al- 

 most any thing green finds a welcome. " Lamb's lettuce" is 

 its most appropriate synonym. 



CUCUMBER. 



French, Concombre. German, Gurke. Spanish, Pepino. Cohambro. 

 1. EARLY CLUSTER. 2. SHORT GREEN. 3. LONG GREEN 



(white spined). 4. EARLY FRAME. 5. EXTRA LONG. 



6. WHITE TURKEY. 



BRIEF DIRECTIONS. 



Plant in very rich, warm soil, in hills four to six feet apart, 

 six or eight seeds in a hill, an inch deep.. When well up, thin 

 to the three best plants. Hoe often till the vines touch. 



Time : from February to August, according to latitude and 

 the object for which the crop is raised. The main crop every 

 where may be planted at the time of principal corn-planting, or 

 a little later. The pickle crop in June and July at the North ; 

 at the South, in August or September. 



The varieties of cucumber, like those of cabbage, are so nu- 

 merous, and often so similar, that none but a professional gar- 

 dener or a curious amateur would be able to distinguish them 

 from one another, or even think it worth while to keep the rec- 

 ord of their names. 



The first three given above may be considered as including 

 the useful varieties, and the three last as chiefly fanciful. 



The early cluster is a small, short, dumpy variety, with 

 which most persons are familiar, from its abundance in our 

 markets in the fall. It is of pleasant flavor, but seedy, and is 

 valuable chiefly on account of its earliness, and, to those who 

 raise pickles for sale, from its great capacity for bearing. 



The short green is a common table cucumber, also sometimes 



