. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Boston Pickling ENGLISH FRAME CUCUMBER. (For Forcing under Glass.) Price per packet, 25 cts. or 5 packets for $ j,3Xarquis of Lome, Lord Gladstone, Lockie's Perfection. ^"' Forcing' Cucumbers in Frames.—During the Winter and Spring months Cucumbers are considered by many a very great luxury; if they are a wholesome vegetable at any time, it is when they have been quickly forced and prepared for the table fresh from the vines. The l
. Buist's garden guide and almanac : 1902. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs. Boston Pickling ENGLISH FRAME CUCUMBER. (For Forcing under Glass.) Price per packet, 25 cts. or 5 packets for $ j,3Xarquis of Lome, Lord Gladstone, Lockie's Perfection. ^"' Forcing' Cucumbers in Frames.—During the Winter and Spring months Cucumbers are considered by many a very great luxury; if they are a wholesome vegetable at any time, it is when they have been quickly forced and prepared for the table fresh from the vines. The last few years many of our gardeners in this vicinity have paid great atten- tion to their forcing; finding ready sale in our fruit stores and markets for as many as they could produce, at prices ranging from twenty-five to seventy-five cents each. With very little care and attention the table can be supplied with them from February until they ripen in the open air, frequently attaining from twenty to twenty-six inches in length. Prepare a hot-bed during January or February, as we have before described, taking care that the reduction of heat in the manure is not carried too far before making up the bed; as, when such is the case, too little heat will afterwards be produced, and the young plants will be of a yellow-color, instead of a deep, rich green. In two or three days after prepar- ing the bed, according to previous directions, the earth will be sufficiently warm for planting the seeds ; place a barrowful of rich earth in the centre of each sash, form it into a neat mound, plant thereon several seeds to allow sufficient to replace any that may damp off, as is frequently the case during a spell of cloudy weather, but if all grow, thin them out to four plants. Cover the sash at night with straw mats, or any similar protection, and sur- round the bed with litter or boards to prevent the wind from carrying off the heat. The seeds will germinate in a day or two, and before a we
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