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moment it was fit for sale, and the crop was grown from 

 April to June. A common method of growing them is 

 to let them follow lettuce. Two or three crops of let- 

 tuce can be taken from a house by early spring (say by 

 March), and cucumber plants may then be ready to be 

 set in the beds. These four crops should bring in a 

 gross return of 30 to 50 cents a square foot of ground, 

 the income depending mostly upon the man. Even in 

 winter, these plants can be grown in houses which 

 were designed for lettuce, if the temperature is kept 

 pretty high, for these types of cucumbers do not de- 

 mand bottom heat so imperatively as the English kinds 

 do. A cucumber forcer tells me that he generally re- 

 ceives $3 per dozen for extra quality of White Spine 

 (or Boston Market) cucumbers, and $4 per dozen for the 

 forcing kinds. 



