264 



FRUIT CULTURE UNDER GLASS. 



sun and light that can be had is perhaps of more im- 

 portance in the case of winter cucumbers than any 

 other crop. • 



CUCUMBER-HOUSES. 



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 



[ i '■■■S^« .-.■.■.;?j.-J^<rs.A-vl 





^;L^iQ-_ J^ gg-: 



Fig. 23. 



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 the latter is the least expensive. The bed 

 for the soil should be 1 6 inches deep, giving room for 

 6 inches of drainage or fresh leaves, and 1 inches for 

 soil. 



