THE CUCUMBER. 



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halves, and take out the seeds and inner pulp by hand, 

 dropping them into a barrel or pail. The mass should 

 be stirred daily and allowed to remain four or five days, 

 to enable fermentation to remove the gelatinous matter 

 which surrounds the seeds. These are then washed out 

 in several waters, thoroughly dried, and stored away in 

 bags. 



INSECTS. 



The insects which infest the cucumber are: 



First. The Cucumber Flea-beetle (Haltica cucumeris). 



Second. The Striped Cucumber-beetle (Dicibrotwa 

 vittata). 



Third. The Twelve-spotted Squash-beetle or Striped- 

 bug (Diabrotica 12-punctata). 



Fourth. The Pickle-worm (Phacellura nitidalis). 



Fifth. The Grass-worm (Laphrygma frugiperdd). 



The little flea-beetle, like its kindred on the cabbage 



Fig. 37. 



CUCUMBER 

 FLEA-BEETLE 



(Haltica cu- 

 cumeris.) 



Fig. 38. STRIPED 



CUCUMBER-BEETLE 



(Diabrotica vittata.) 



Back. side. 



Fig. 39. LARVA OP STRIPED 

 CUCUMBER-BEETLE. 



and other plants, may be driven off by freshly-slaked 

 lime or soot. 

 The Striped-bug appears early in the spring as a com- 



