60 PRACTICAL PLANT PROPAGATION 



Certain varieties may be pollinated by the slightest jar of the 

 vines. Bonny Best rarely requires hand pollination except in the 

 dullest weather. 



POLLINATION OF CUCUMBERS 



Hand pollination of Cucumbers is a laborious process so that 

 bees are often used for the purpose. C. W. Waid advises a strong 

 hive to a half acre of Cucumbers. The bees are often restless when 

 first placed in the house, but soon become quite at home. 



