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should be planted in the garden about April 30th, and 
the crop will be ready to eat in about five or six weeks. 
The leaves are eaten as a relish and used as a salad. 
CucumbKR. White Spine is one of the best for table 
use. Early Cluster, Ever Bearing, Windsor Pickling are 
good pickling varieties. The cucumber grows on a vine 
and should not be planted in very small gardens, unless 
along a fence where it can climb. It can be planted be¬ 
side a rubbish heap or a pile of stones to good advantage. 
It belongs to the same family as the canteloupe, water¬ 
melon, pumpkin, and squash, which are all planted the 
same way. They should be planted in hills not closer 
than four or five feet apart, although they may be planted 
nearer to early beans or early potatoes or any crop which 
will be out of the way before the vines begin to run. The 
vines are generally allowed to run on the ground. They 
are planted in hills. To make a bill , dig a hole from four 
to five inches deep and one foot in diameter. Fill this 
within one inch of the top with a mixture of sand and well- 
rotted manure. Drop eight to ten seeds in a hill, scatter¬ 
ing them over it. Cover them half to one inch and press 
down. When planted in this way they get a quick start. 
Never plant until the ground is thoroughly warm, about 
May 25th. It is well to keep the vines covered with a 
frame of mosquito netting until the fourth leaf has formed, 
then thin the plants to three or four in a hill. In warm 
weather they come up and grow rapidly. They begin 
bearing in from eight to ten weeks after planting. 
Dandeeion. The dandelion may be planted in the 
spring or in August or the first of September. The former 
time will give the largest plants the following spring. 
Plant in rows about April 30th, twelve to twenty-four 
inches apart and thin the plants to six or eight inches 
apart. They should be up in about eight days. It is jest 
to plant these in the sunniest part of the garden and to 
cover them in the early spring with sash so as to get very 
early greens. They should be planted in gardens that are 
to remain for two or three years. In case they are not all 
