The Profitable Culture of Vegetables. 



CUCUMBERS (FRAME). 



Cucumis sativus. 



AS the Cucumber is a favourite with all classes of the com- 

 munity, it is essential for the grower who caters for a 

 private or shop trade to make provision for a sufficient and 

 steady supply, particularly during the summer months, when 

 salads are eagerly sought after. 



By far the greater part 

 of the Frame Cucumbers 

 sold in the public markets 

 are grown in glasshouses 

 specially adapted to this 

 culture, but in thousands 

 of gardens they are grown 

 in frames, in some cases 

 on quite a large scale, and 

 as glasshouse culture does 

 not come within the scope 

 of this work, we shall 

 confine our remarks to a 

 description of their culti- 

 vation and management in 

 frames. 



The site selected for 

 the frames, especially for 

 those which are to be 

 planted early, should be 

 sheltered from cold winds, 

 free from shade, and 

 facing the south. The 

 ground should be well 

 drained, so that the water, 

 of which they need copious 

 supplies, will pass away 

 freely; on ill-drained soil 

 the base of the bed be- 

 comes sodden with stag- 



CopyrigM, V. A. Co. 



Cucumber, 

 Rollison's Telegraph. 



nant moisture and under such circumstances the bed soon gets 



