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Evergreen Sugar Corn. Karly Sugar, or New England Corn. xtra Early Sugar Corn. 
CRESS. 
CRESSON (I’r.), KRESSE (Ger.), BERRO (Sp.). 
Used for salad during winter and spring. Sow broad-cast or in drills six 
inches apart. 
Curled or Pepper Grass. Not | The leaves resemble Water Cress; a 
much used in this section. | variety which does not well succeed 
Broad-Leaved. Thisvarietyisex- here. Is considered a very wholesome 
tensivelv cultivated for the market. It | dish. 
is sown from early fall to late spring. | 
CUCUMBER. 
CONCOMBRE (Fr.), GurKE (Ger.), PEPINO (Sp.). 
Improved Early White Spine. Early Cluster. 
Early Frame. Long Green White Spine. 
Long Green Turkey. Gherkin, or Burr (for pickling). 
Cucumbers need a rich soil. Plant in hills from three to four feet apart; the 
hills should be made rich with well decomposed manure, and eight to ten seeds 
should be planted in each hill, and covered about one-half inch deep; when well 
up, thin out to four plants in the hill till the vines meet. When the spring is dry 
the plants have to be watered, else they do not keep in bearing long. They can 
be planted from March till July. A great many cucumbers are planted here in 
February, or even sooner, and are protected by small boxes with a pane of glass 
on top. These boxes are removed during the day, and put back in the evening. 
When days are cloudy and cold, the plants are kept covered. 
