CUCUMBERS 



C. II. White, Ionia, Ontario County, N. Y. 



Farmers' Institute Lecturer 

 EXTENT OF THE INDUSTRY 



The cucumber crop is of greater importance than is generally 

 believed. Cucumbers are grown over a very large range of terri- 

 tory, thriving over the entire country. They are grown perhaps 

 more largely for pickling than for any other purpose, but many 

 hundreds of thousands of bushels are grown in the United States 

 for table use; these are of a size ranging from l 1 /^ to 2^2 inches in 



Fig. 440. — Field of Cucumbers on Farm of White Farm Co. ; Yield, 1914, 

 600 Bushels Per Acre 



diameter, and are used for slicing. The over-sized ones are also 

 in demand for frying in seasons when egg plant is scarce. 



In New York State there are a number of large producing 

 sections where both pickles and slicers are grown. On Long- 

 Island the industry is carried on very extensively, Shelter 

 Island " cukes " being well known on the New York market. In 

 the regions of Orchard Park and Ionia, in the western part of 



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