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Colorado Experiment Station 
In order to keep the vines growing and bearing, the cucum¬ 
bers must not be allowed to ripen. For slicing, they are picked 
when 6 to 8 inches long, but before the seeds become hard, while 
for pickling, they are removed when they have attained the de¬ 
sired size. Usually; the smaller the fruit the more desirable it is 
for pickling. 
Varieties .—White Spine, Davis Perfect, Boston Pickling. 
EGG PLANT 
The egg plant requires a warm, loamy soil and a long, warm 
season to grow to the best advantage. In Northern Colorado, the 
season is too short to allow the crop to mature if the seed are 
planted in the field, so that every advantage must be taken to pro¬ 
long the growing period. The seed may be planted about March 
15th in the greenhouse or hotbed in strawberry boxes or pots and 
treated much like cucumbers started by this method. They may 
be planted in flats and transplanted to pots when two true leaves 
have developed. By doing this, the plants are of good size when 
the time comes for setting them in the field. Before finally plant¬ 
ing them in the field, they should be hardened off in the cold 
frame. 
The seed and young plants require careful attention as to 
moisture and temperature for best results. They must not receive 
too much water, especially while the seed are germinating, and the 
temperature must not be allowed to fall too low 
When set in the field the plants are put in rows 3 feet apart 
and 18 to 24 inches apart in the row. They are given about the 
same cultivation as potatoes or tomatoes during the growing 
period. 
KOHL-RABI 
Kohl-Rabi is a vegetable with v/hich the average American is 
not very familiar. It will grow well under the same conditions 
necessary for the production of good radishes and deserves to be 
cultivated more than it is. 
Kohl-rabi is closely related to the turnip and produces a thick¬ 
ened stem or bulb above the surface of the ground. It has ex¬ 
cellent quality and is sometimes called the “Lazy Man's Cauli¬ 
flower,” being cooked and served in a manner similar lo cauli¬ 
flower. 
The plant is hardy and can be grown in sections where the 
cauliflower cannot. The seed should be planted as early in the 
spring as possible in rows 18 inches apart. The plants should 
later be thinned to stand 6 to 8 inches apart in the row. Succes¬ 
sive plantings at intervals of two weeks will insure a supply for 
a longer period. The vegetable should be gathered as soon as 
