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GREENHOUSE AND WIXDOV-GARDEN WORK 



Vegetable-growing under glass 



Asparafjus 

 Moans . . 

 Cauliflower 



f'ucumbcr . 



lyottupe . . 

 Mushrooms 



Muskmolon 



Parsley . 



P.-.is . . 



Ratiishos 

 Rhubarb 



Spiniifh 

 Tomato 



NtOHT 



Tem. 



ep 



45-55 

 60-65 

 50-55 



60-65 



45-50 

 50-60 



65-70 



45-50 

 45-50 



45 50 

 45 50 



45-50 

 60-65 



DAT 



Tem. 



60-70 

 70-80 

 60-65 



70-75 



55-65 

 50-60 



70-85 



55-65 

 55-65 



55-65 

 55-60 



55-65 

 75 



MATDRrrr 

 rKOM Seed 

 OR Roots 



3-4 wk. 

 6-8 wk. 

 4-5 mo. 



10-14 wk 



7-12 wk. 

 6-8 wk. 



10-14 wk. 



8 wk. 

 70-80 d. 



5-6 wk. 

 3-5 wk. 



8-10 wk. 

 4-5 mo. 



Advice 



Roots are taken from field, 3-5 years 

 old ; use only strong roots. 



Little grown commercially and then 

 as incidental crop. 



Transplant once ; give abundance of 

 air ; requires nmch water, yet good 

 drainage. Avoid checking growth 

 of plants. Commonly matured un- 

 der glass, as a late spring crop. 



Often follows winter tomatoes, in 

 ground beds, making a spring and 

 early summer crop. Sometimes 

 grown on benches. There are two 

 types of forcing cucumbers, the 

 common, or White Spine, type and 

 the English or frame varieties. 



Grown mostly on the ground. 



Crow under benches, or in cellars ; 

 an uncertain crop. 



Not conmionly forced. When grown, 

 usually as a late fall or late spring 

 crop. 



Transplant in the fall from the field, 

 and cut back. 



Little grown under glass, as the yield 

 is light. Must be off before hot 

 weather of spring. 



Rapid growth should be secured ; 

 use no old maruire. 



Roots dug in fall. froz(Mi and planted 

 under benches or in frames. After 

 cropping, replant in field. 



Grown as an incidental or secondary 

 crop ; does well in solid beds. 



Transplant into pots, hand i)ollinate 

 in winter and dark weather, but 

 most growers depend on shaking 

 the plants. Now widely grown in 

 ground beds. 



Beets, cress, sweet herbs (particularly spearmint), are also grown under glass. 



