CUCUMBER 



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Long Prickly Cucumber. In England the Cucumber is very 

 extensively cultivated, usually in houses specially constructed for 

 the purpose, and with very great care and attention. Under 

 these circumstances, the various kinds could not fail to become 

 greatly improved in the size and appearance of the fruit, earliness 

 and hardiness being considered 

 only secondary qualities. This 

 is precisely the result, and there 

 are now in England many 

 varieties of the Long Prickly 

 Cucumber which have long, 

 almost cylindrical fruit, and but 

 few spines, with very solid flesh, 

 and producing remarkably few 



Long English Prickly Cucumber. 



Rollisson's Telegraph Cucumber. 



seeds. We shall only mention the most noteworthy of these 

 numerous varieties. 



Rollisson's Telegraph Cucumber. Slightly longer than the 

 preceding, it takes more kindly to hot-bed culture. It is extremely 

 productive, each plant being able to carry as many as six to 

 eight fruit, especially if cut in succession before they reach full 

 size. Length between 15 and 24 in. The skin is smooth and 

 glossy ; the flesh white, firm, and crisp. The stalk end is narrow, 



