. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Lire luvurites forslifing, and only less so for pickling. The unrelenting enemies of the Cucuralieiin the field are the Cucumber beetles {Diabrotica, spp.) and the squash bug {Anasatristis). No effectual preventive measurtsare known except to cover the young plantswith small wire or hoop frames, over whichfine net


. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Lire luvurites forslifing, and only less so for pickling. The unrelenting enemies of the Cucuralieiin the field are the Cucumber beetles {Diabrotica, spp.) and the squash bug {Anasatristis). No effectual preventive measurtsare known except to cover the young plantswith small wire or hoop frames, over whichfine netting is stretched. If the plants arekept quite free from attack till thesetors are outgrown, tlieywill nsiially sutie damage. Plants staitiilhouses (see above) ni:i\- usthis is the chief beetles ar»- k<jptstrewing tobaeec. ~^ tlkerosene emulsion willyoung squash bugs without killini. tlic vines, but usu-ally not. In the greenhouse. Cucumbers are liable todamage from mite, aphis, root-gall and mildew. Forthe CUCUMIS 407 bed in which the temperature of the soil is 70 to 80°.Place them 3 or 4 inches apart. In about ten days theywill be large enough to transplant into pots. Six-inchpots are preferred, two plants in each. In two weeks ivpt free. first, andThe Cuat times by!ie plants ; andseommode the idwinter, hand-poUu


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