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UTILIZING THE GREENHOUSE IN SUMMER 



CUCUMBERS. 



Cucumbers are forced readily in summer in the forcing- 

 house. The custom, however, with this fruit is to utilize the 

 same vines that have been bearing during the earlier spring,, 

 running them on until the crop begins to come in from the 

 garden which quickly floods the market. There doubtless are 

 other crops that will prove suitable for the greenhouse in sum- 



Fig. 60. — Varieties Squashes under glass. 

 1. Crocozelle Bush. 2. White Bush Scalloped. 3. Vellow Bush. 



mer. Definite information in regard to the details of forcing 

 the above named crops are not given in this bulletin, as this 

 information is already available in bulletins from various 

 experiment stations besides our own, and as well to be found 

 in the "Forcing Book," by Bailey, which is published by the 

 MacMillan Co., of New York city, at a price of 75 cents- 

 Doubtless those persons who will perhaps be the most inter- 

 ested in this subject are those already in the forcing business- 



