THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



pickles for use in making mixed pickles, pickled 

 lilly, mangoes, and the like on the later fruit, as 

 this keeps the vines in better bearing condition. 

 Any fruit which has grown too large to use or has 

 begun to ripen should be at once removed, as the 

 production of seed will greatly exhaust the vine, 

 and there is no economy in saving more than two 

 or three for seed. 



The fruits grown on vines trained on wire net- 

 ting are so easily gathered and so easily found that 

 the picking is apt to be much cleaner than where 

 the vines are grown on the ground. 



For growing on netting, the best variety is 

 the Japanese Climbing cucumber. This is a fine, 

 large variety of a rich dark green, and very shapely. 

 It is a prolific bearer, and I find the flavour supe- 

 rior to any previously grown and it is exceeding- 

 ly crisp and firm. It is equally good as a pickle 

 or table variety, and if I were restricted to one 

 variety, I should prefer this. As it is I usually 

 grow this on the netting and some good pick- 

 ling variety on the ground. For a good all-around 

 cucumber the white spine varieties are satisfactory, 

 and for pickles, the Chicago Pickling, of which 



Snow's Fancy Pickling is an improved sort, is 



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