Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . y be kept onefoot from the glass, because so near the sashes. The depth of soil should be, if on raisedwooden benches, about five or six inches; if onthe solid center bed, eighteen inches to twofeet. The soil should be a sandy loam, ^ithone-fifth well-rotted cow manure. The night temperature in the forcing-housefor the fall, winter and spring months for Cu-cumbers should range as near as possible fromsixty to sixty-five degrees, with a temperatureon bright days of from ten to fifteen de
Popular gardening and fruit growing; An illustrated periodical devoted to horticulture in all its branches . y be kept onefoot from the glass, because so near the sashes. The depth of soil should be, if on raisedwooden benches, about five or six inches; if onthe solid center bed, eighteen inches to twofeet. The soil should be a sandy loam, ^ithone-fifth well-rotted cow manure. The night temperature in the forcing-housefor the fall, winter and spring months for Cu-cumbers should range as near as possible fromsixty to sixty-five degrees, with a temperatureon bright days of from ten to fifteen degreeshigher, giving ventilation at all reasonabletimes. Cucumbers delight in a moist atmos-phere, and whenever the weather is bright andclear water should be sprinkled on the pipes,walks and under the benches. A th-y atmos-phere is certain to develop the Red Spider,which Ls fatal to success. It may also be here stated, if Cucumbersare to be forced during the winter months,that to keep up tlje necessary high tempera-ture eight rims of four inchpipe will 1 le requued in a green-house twenty feet wide, in-. See Sotne of the Netver GardenProducts^^ etc., page 70.
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