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in order to harden the plants ; then mulch the 

 bed all over with litter, which will cause the 

 fruit to be kept clean, and the roots moist, an 

 essential requisite in the culture of cucumbers. 



Though moisture is so extremely necessary, 

 yet at all times in the application of water you 

 must be regulated by the temperature of the 

 season. If the weather is hot and dry when they 

 come into full bearing, from three to four gallons 

 of water will be required to each glass every 

 two or three days, if the soil is light, but 

 if of a strong loamy nature, less will be 

 sufficient. 



Lay out the vines regular, peg them down, and 

 place four half bricks, that is, one to each corner, 

 under the frame of the glass ; or another method 

 may be adopted, in raising the glass to the south 

 by means of a piece of stick, about the thickness 

 of a broom-stick, a foot in length, with three 

 notches cut in it, about two inches apart, for the 

 purpose of resting the glass u|)on. This plan 

 is far preferable to the former, in materially 



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