CUCUMBER. 



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ping the seeds at distances of eight or ten inches in the 

 rows. In this latitude it is useless to plant corn before 

 the middle of May. For succession crops it should be 

 planted every two or three weeks until July first ; 

 after that date it will not mature here. Corn requires a 

 rich light soil to be early. The leading varieties are 

 Dwarf Early Sugar for first early, Crosby's Early Sugar 

 for second, and Stowell's Evergreen for main crops. Three 

 or four quarts is required, if succession crops are sown ; 

 if only one crop, two or three pints will be sufficient. 



CUCUMBER, (Cucumis sativus.) 



In most places where the Cucumber is grown out-doors, 

 it is more or less troubled with the " Striped Bug," but 

 if only a few dozen hills are cultivated, it is not a very 

 troublesome matter to pick them off, which is about the 

 only sure way to get rid of them. The safest method of 

 raising cucumbers, however, is to cover the seeds when 

 first sown, with the hand-glass described in chapter on 

 Implements ; which by the 

 time they are wanted for 

 cucumbers, are no longer 

 needed over cauliflowers. If 

 such hand-glasses are not ob- 

 tainable, a simple method is 

 to use a light box ten or 

 twelve inches square, to place 

 over the seeds after sowing, 

 covering it with a pane of 

 glass ; this will not only forward the germination of the 

 seeds, but will protect the plants against the bugs, until 

 they are strong . enough not to be injured by them. 

 Bryant's Plant Protector, a simple article, made of light 

 strips of wood, covered by mosquito netting, may be used 

 instead of a hand-glass. This will be found equally 



Fig. 82. 



BRYANT'S PLANT PROTECTOR. 



