Vegetables with Edible Fruits 165 



As soon as the vines are beginning to produce the fruiting 

 bloom and to produce runners, a second appHcation of 

 the following formula is made : ammonia, 3 per cent ; 

 available phosphoric acid, 4 per cent ; potash, 8 per cent. 



The following ingredients will give approximately the 

 amount of plant-food contained in 500 pounds of the 

 above formula: this is the amount to an acre usually 

 employed. 



50 pounds nitrate of soda, 

 50 pounds dried blood, 17 per cent ammonia, 

 150 pounds acid phosphate, 14 per cent available, 

 80 pounds muriate of potash. 



This fertilizer should be applied a short distance away 

 from the hill and scattered evenly on the ground out to a 

 distance of three or four feet from the hill. It is worked 

 in either by hand implements or cultivators. 



If the vines are showing a lack of vigor, or a lack of 

 healthy color, much good can be done frequently by 

 applying from 50 to 100 pounds of nitrate of soda or nitrate 

 of potash. This material should be applied broadcast 

 at a time when the leaves are perfectly dry, otherwise 

 scalding of the leaves will occur to a greater or lesser degree. 

 If the conditions are such as to permit any of the chemical 

 to remain lodged in the leaves, scalding is almost certain 

 to follow. 



Cultivating cucumbers. 



Where the seed is sown in the field or plants from a cold- 

 frame set out, the land must be in the best of tilth. If 

 warm dry weather follows the time of sowing, the first 



