Bulletin . Fig. 59.—A closer view of the fruit on vines shown in previous figure. out-door varieties are ready. Three weeks to a month arelong enough from seed until ready to transplant from the potsinto the bed. The returns will vary according to variousmarkets; generally they should bring a fair price and findready sale. T42 UTILIZING THE GREENHOUSE IN SUMMER CUCUMBERS. Cucumbers are forced readily in summer in the forcing-house. The custom, however, with this fruit is to utilize thesame vines that have been bearing during the earlier spring,,running them on until the crop begins to come in
Bulletin . Fig. 59.—A closer view of the fruit on vines shown in previous figure. out-door varieties are ready. Three weeks to a month arelong enough from seed until ready to transplant from the potsinto the bed. The returns will vary according to variousmarkets; generally they should bring a fair price and findready sale. T42 UTILIZING THE GREENHOUSE IN SUMMER CUCUMBERS. Cucumbers are forced readily in summer in the forcing-house. The custom, however, with this fruit is to utilize thesame vines that have been bearing during the earlier spring,,running them on until the crop begins to come in from thegarden which quickly floods the market. There doubtless areother crops that will prove suitable for the greenhouse in sum-. Fig. 60.—Varieties Squashes under Crocozelle Bush. 2. White Bush Scalloped. 3. Vellow Bush. mer. Definite information in regard to the details of forcingthe above named crops are not given in this bulletin, as thisinformation is already available in bulletins from variousexperiment stations besides our own, and as well to be foundin the Forcing Book, by Bailey, which is published by theMacMillan Co., of New York city, at a price of 75 cents-Doubtless those persons who will perhaps be the most inter-ested in this subject are those already in the forcing business- CONCLUSION 43 or who have greenhouses, and these doubtless have such liter-ature already. Greenhouses, more particularly forcing houses, are rapidlyincreasing in number throughout the northern states. It maybe overdone in time, but at present it is a valuable source ofincome. It almost invariably follows that a second or morehouses are built after the trial one. This may be due to anumber of causes; the labor necess
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