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on cloths, as seed sheds easily. Seed should not be 

 threshed until it is thoroughly dry ; it may be done 

 with a flail or in the machine. Clean in a fan mill 

 and store in sacks. 



To Save for Private Use Select the best-looking 

 plants, mark them by driving a stake alongside and 

 allow to run to seed. Spread a cloth under plants as 

 seeds ripen, and as the seed successively matures, shake 

 plants repeatedly. 



Market. Handled by all seedsmen, but is usually 

 imported, comparatively little seed being produced in 

 America. Average yield in a favorable season is up- 

 wards of 1,000 pounds per acre, at price to the grower 

 of about ten cents per pound. 



CRESS. 



This is a quick-growing annual, and seed-crop is 

 easily raised. Apply same directions as given for corn 

 salad; harvesting, threshing, and cleaning are likewise 

 similar as for that variety. 



Demand for seed is quite large, being sold by all seed 

 dealers; it is partly imported and partly produced here. 

 Yield and prices are about the same as for corn salad. 



CUCUMBER. 



In growing a seed-crop of cucumber, care must be 

 exercised to avoid mixture of varieties. No two kinds 

 should be planted near each other, but they must be 

 kept widely separated, at least forty rods apart. If 

 Kaffir corn is planted between, distance may be short- 

 ened to twenty rods, but not less. Cucumber also 

 mixes with Vegetable peach, West India gherkin, Snake 

 cucumber, and pomegranate. Care must be used to 

 destroy any stray plant that may appear within mixing 

 distance. 



