. Dreer's Open-air vegetables. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. I06 DRERRS OPEN-AIR VEGETABLES. Ivong Green or Jersey Pickle is a standard sort for pickling. The Small Gherkin or Burr is used only for pickling. The English forcing cucumbers are now widely known in America, but are grown mainly as winter crops, under glass. An illustration made from an 1896 pho- tograph (see chapter on irrigation) shows how the New England gardeners water their Cucumber vines in the open field to keep them in growth and productiveness. Cucumbers are sometimes attacked by aphides or green lice in the ope
. Dreer's Open-air vegetables. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. I06 DRERRS OPEN-AIR VEGETABLES. Ivong Green or Jersey Pickle is a standard sort for pickling. The Small Gherkin or Burr is used only for pickling. The English forcing cucumbers are now widely known in America, but are grown mainly as winter crops, under glass. An illustration made from an 1896 pho- tograph (see chapter on irrigation) shows how the New England gardeners water their Cucumber vines in the open field to keep them in growth and productiveness. Cucumbers are sometimes attacked by aphides or green lice in the open field, caus- ing a curling of the leaf and loss of vitality of the plant. Or, to reverse the proposition, GHERKIN. it may be true that cold, unfavorable weather stunts the Cucumber without injuring the aphis on the under side of the leaf. Cucumbers in the southern part of New Jersey were thus affected in 1896. The suggested remedy is later planting and higher culture, with irrigation to encour- age growth. The striped beetle is one of the worst enemies of the young Cucumber, and it is common practice to plant a dozen seeds in a hill to allow for loss by insects. Paris green in flour is sometimes used against this beetle. Tobacco dust is perhaps as effectual as anything else. It is necessary to pull Cucumbers as soon as they are grown, whether needed or not ; otherwise they take the strength of the plant for the development of their seeds, and check the bearing habit of the parent vine. WATERMELON AND CITRON. Eight feet each way is about the proper distance for Watermelon hills, as the vines occupy much space. A sandy soil is preferable, and a high temperature is essential to growth. Sweet Heart is one of the new watermelons. Dixie, Mountain Sweet, Kolb Gem, Cuban Queen, Boss, Ice Cream. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly
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