SEED-TIME AW© HAB¥£ST. 
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be exactly intermediate between the two. 
and are a selection from the former of a 
cross between some frame kind and the 
ridge. Whatever may be the origin 01 this 
cucumber, it admirably suits the Dutch 
market-growers, being hardy, vigorous and 
free bearing. Were it not for these ‘•Dutch¬ 
men."’ home grown cucumbers would real¬ 
ize higher prices, but they come into this 
country in such quantity as to considerably 
lower the value of home-grown fruit. The 
winter crops above alluded to are followed 
by carrots, salads, radishes, leeks, celery, 
etc., which are brought along on hotbeds. 
Cauliflowers are also transplanted, one 
plant being put under each square of glass. 
Some of the lettuces are cut young; the 
celery is pricked out when large enough. 
Other lettuces are placed far enough apart 
to allow of full development, a consider¬ 
able ] ortion of the frames being devoted to 
this esculent. In the meantime, other 
frames are being prepared for the cucum- 
bets. the seeds being sown in the middle of 
each light where they are to grove—an ex¬ 
cellent plan, as I myself have had abun¬ 
dant proof. Others are used in the same 
way as soon as they are free, so that by' the 
beginning of summer quite two-thirds of 
the frames are full of cucumbers. 
As each market-grower has on an average 
1,500 frames, and there are some 150 of 
them in the neighborhood of Amsterdam, it 
will be seen that in that district alone, 
about 150,000 frames are devoted to cucum¬ 
bers. No wonder, then, that our markets 
are filled with Dutch cucumbers at this 
season of the year. Melons are also grown, 
but n<>t to the same extent, as they are not 
so remunerative. When the cucumbers are 
sown, the remaining space is filled with 
spinach, radishes, carrots, purslane, chicory, 
etc., which is taken off in time to allow 
the development of the cucumbers. Trans¬ 
port is effected by means of boats, which 
are loaded up in the washing-sheds situated 
on the borders of the canals, and which are 
towed to market by the workmen. Between 
two and three thousand boats annually dis¬ 
charge their cargoes at the quays. As is the 
case in the Paris market gardens, the great 
portion of the work is done by the family 
of the occupier, the wife and children wash¬ 
ing and preparing the vegetables for mar¬ 
ket, but in the busy season the largest gar¬ 
dens occupy' some half dozen laborers. 
Large as the amount of vegetable produce 
grown by the market growers in the neigh¬ 
borhood of Ams erdam is, the supply does 
not suffice, over two thousand boatloads 
annually arriving from other districts. 
These contain cauliflower, carrots, onions, 
turnips, haricots potatoes, and fruits, not 
including nearly one hundred boat-loads of 
strawberries. 
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