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pollinate English cucumbers, although fruits will often 

 set without this labor and will be, therefore, wholly seed- 

 less (page 195). 



White Spine cucumbers are forced in essentially the 

 same way as the English sorts, but they are oftener 

 grown as a spring crop (following lettuce or plant stock) 

 than the others are. They come into bearing sooner, 

 ripen their fruits more simultaneously, demand full sun- 

 light, and may be planted rather closer together than 

 the others (page 201). 



The White Spine types should mature the entire crop 

 in about three months after the plants are set in the 

 benches. A plant will yield from 20 to 90 fruits, depend- 

 ing upon the management of the house, the strength of 

 the soil, the distance apart of the plants, and the thor- 

 oughness with which the fruits are picked when fit for 

 market (page 202). 



Cucumber enemies are the mite, aphis, root-gall, and 

 mildew. For the mite, syringe the plants and pick off 

 the infested leaves ; for aphis, use tobacco fumigation and 

 pick infested leaves ; for root-gall, use soil which has 

 been thoroughly frozen ; for mildew, improve the sani- 

 tary conditions, and then use sulphur (page 200). 



DANDELION. 



Dandelion is sometimes forced from roots which are 

 lifted in the fall, the seeds having been sown in the 

 spring. The plant requires about the same temperature 

 and treatment as lettuce does (page 143). 



EGGPLANT. 



Eggplants are not forced for market, but the plants 

 can be grown under glass without especial difficulty. 

 Their season is long (5 to 9 months), and eggplant fruits 

 come in from the south in winter (pages 228, 233, 235). 



The plants should be started in flats or pots, and 



