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rots ; or even between the early Potatoes. Being of secondary 
consideration, no special provision need be made for them. 
:330 Kidney Beans. We cannot recommend an attempt to pro- 
duce these at a very early period in the glazed protectors. Few 
without a gi eeenhouse can sustain the desired warmth, for they 
require as high a temperature as Cucumbers to insure success. 
Any one commencing with a glazed protestor in the early part 
of February, with a bottom warmth of eighty degrees, may suc- 
ceed very well. If any warm shelf in a house is at liberty they 
may be sown in pots and turned out subsequently. 
331 Cucumbers. The glazed protectors will be most admirably 
adapted for those who, desiring an early bed, wish it also 
to continue in bearing all the summer, for this saves trouble 
and expense. In such case young plants should be reared, if 
possible, in a smallYrame; and if ready to plant out by the first 
week in February, they will be early enough to give the ama- 
teur a safe chance. A bottom warmth of seventy-five to eighty 
degrees should be guaranteed them through their earlier stages, 
and an atmospheric warmth never sinking below sixty-five, 
nor rising above eighty. If fermenting material be used, great 
care must be taken in thoroughly fermenting and turning it. 
332 Melons. The treatment of these is so similar to that of the 
Cucumber, that we need add little here. Five degrees of heat 
in advance of the Cucumber will be found beneficial. 
333 Strawberries, Whether planted out in pots, the glazed 
protectors, or even ordinary frames or pits, answer well, provid- 
ing they are not required particularly early. Strawberries 
enjoy a steady bottom heat of seventy degrees, whilst the atmos- 
pheric may commence at an average of fifty degrees, advancing 
weekly about three degrees, until sixty is attained ; at which 
point they will succeed better than at a higher tempera- 
tureV 'They require abundance of air whilst in blossom, and a 
liberal amount whilst ripening, and durin'g the latter .period 
they must be kept rather drier than previously. / ; 
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