

562 Report oF THE HORTICULTURIST OF THE 
f "Pop corn.— Pop corn was grown and shipped in the manner 
just described for sweet corn. The following varieties were 
shipped, namely: 
Amber Rice, Mapledale Prolific, 
Golden Tom Thumb, Queen Golden, 
Silver Lace. . 
Cress. . 
For cress the soil was given a liberal dressing of well rotted 
stable manure and the manure was plowed under about six inches 
deep. It was thordughly harrowed and the seed covered about 
an inch deep in drills eight inches apart. The ground was kept 
mellow by frequent cultivation with a Planet Jr. wheel hoe. The 
tops were cut when they were three or four inches long, and 
shipped in boxes of the same kind as those used for sweet corn. 
See p.559. The tops were not tied in bunches but weresimply packed 
firmly in the box till it was filled. The top of the box was then 
covered with three-eighths inch slats. The boxes were shipped in 
crates in the same manner as were the beans. 
By sowing every two weeks a succession of crops may be grown 
throughout the season. It makes an excellent substitute for water 
cress and is easily grown in any ordinary garden soil. The fol- 
lowing varieties were shipped : 


CREss. 
When Wh 
NAME. planted. shipp d. | Remarks. 
Extra curled ........ Aug. 10.) September 13..... Fine curled leaf, somewhat resemblin 
parsley in appearance; vigorous; goo 
cropper; easily grown in any fertile soil. 
Australian .......0.. Aug. 10.| September 8...... Resembles watercress in general appear- 
ance more than does the preceding; large 
broad leaf slightly curled; vigorous; good 
cropper; easily grown; not as delicate in 
appearance as the preceding. = 
Cucumbers. 

The cucumbers were started in frames where they could be pro- 
tected from heavy rains and cold nights. The frame was filled 
with inverted sod cut so that the surface of each sod was six — 
inches square. A hole was made about half an inch deep in the — 



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