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GARDEN YARD 316 



experienced. Make up a hot-bed precisely the same as for 

 Ridge Cucumbers. FLU as many 60s pots as are needed 

 half-full of prepared soil after covering the drainage hole 

 with broken china. Put one seed of Telegraph Cucumber 

 on the soU in each pot, fill half the remaining space with 

 son and press down with the bottom of a pot. The 

 soil should be of a nice dampness when used, as the 

 seeds are better unwatered; the pots, if new, should be 

 soaked in water before use. Cover up close and keep 

 mats on until seed is up, then only mat at night. Give 

 no air, water with tepid water as required, shade from 

 strong midday sun and keep interior of frame moist by 

 dewing over early each morning. Give the plants room 

 for the leaves to spread. As frames are emptied of 

 the tomatoes and ridge cuciunbers, without waiting for 

 all of them, fork them over lightly and raise slightly in 

 centre; on this mound put half a bushel of prepared soil, 

 which should consist mainly of chopped sod with the 

 grass removed, a little decayed manure, and a little finely 

 sifted burnt earth or old mortar rubbish. Cover up 

 close for a day or two for the sun to warm the soil, and 

 then put two plants in the middle of the light, about 6 

 in. apart. Pinch out the centres, allowing only one 

 shoot to grow from each plant. These should be taken 

 from one plant upwards and the other downwards in 

 the frame. Keep the growth thin; remove old leaves, 

 one now and then; avoid overcrowding; if this seems 

 likely, cut some of the shoots right out. Keep the 

 frame moist, give plenty of tepid water, whiten about 

 half the glass in the centre and splash the remainder. 



