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CUCUMBERS FOR UNDER GLASS AND ON THE 

 PACIFIC COAST 



I/ORCING cucumbers in greenhouses or hotbeds is a 

 * delightful and interesting hobby which, with a little 

 study, may be practised by any one having the facilities. 

 Seeds are generally sown in the fall for an early winter 

 crop and up to January for extra early spring use. Plants 

 are started in individual paper pots and only two should 

 be allowed to develop, to be set two feet apart each way. 

 Vines are trained to trellises or permitted to spread in 

 frames. 



Davis Perfect, as mentioned on page 232, is one of the 

 best American sorts for under-glass culture. The English 

 sorts, of which Rollison's Strain of Improved Telegraph 

 is the best known, grow to be as long as eighteen inches 

 to two feet and have a distinctly mild flavor of their own. 



On the Pacific Coast cucumbers do well anywhere 

 where the moisture supply is adequate. For this reason 

 they are frequently planted alongside of irrigation ditches. 



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