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CUCUMBERS FOR UNDER GLASS AND ON THE 
PACIFIC COAST 
F ORCING cucumbers in greenhouses or hotbeds is a 
delightful and interesting hobby which, with a little 
study, may be practised by any one having the facilities. 
Seeds are generally sown in the fall for an early winter 
crop and up to January for extra early spring use. Plants 
are started in individual paper pots and only two should 
be allowed to develop, to be set two feet apart each way. 
Vines are trained to trellises or permitted to spread in 
frames. 
Davis Perfect , as mentioned on page 232, is one of the 
best American sorts for under-glass culture. The English 
sorts, of which Rollison’s Strain of Improved Telegraph 
is the best known, grow to be as long as eighteen inches 
to two feet and have a distinctly mild flavor of their own. 
On the Pacific Coast cucumbers do well anywhere 
where the moisture supply is adequate. For this reason 
they are frequently planted alongside of irrigation ditches. 
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