THE CUCUMBER. 



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CUCUMBBE-HOU.SES. 



Fig. 23 represents an excellent house for winter 

 cucumbers. Such houses are wired the same as for 

 vines. A house 10 feet wide requires four rows of 

 hot-water pipes for surface, and as many for bottom- 

 heat, whether the latter be on the tank system or merely 

 a hot-air chamber, both of which suit equally well, and 



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Fig. 23. 



the latter is the least expensive. The bed for the soil 

 should be 16 inches deep, giving room for 6 inches of 

 drainage or fresh leaves, and 10 inches for soil. 



SOIL, ETC. 



In filling up this depth of soil, I do not recommend 



