. 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. Gardening. 406 CUCUMBER CUCUMBER answer. Or for the earliest crop, a situation with a more pronouncedly sandy soil may serve best. In most parts of America the field crop of Cucumbers may be grown from seed planted in the open ground after danger of frost is past. Put 6 to 12 seeds in the hill {having enough to provide ag
. 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. Gardening. 406 CUCUMBER CUCUMBER answer. Or for the earliest crop, a situation with a more pronouncedly sandy soil may serve best. In most parts of America the field crop of Cucumbers may be grown from seed planted in the open ground after danger of frost is past. Put 6 to 12 seeds in the hill {having enough to provide against the ravages of insects), the hills being 4 by 6 feet apart. The early crop may often be planted. 585. Three prominent varieties of English or Forcing Cucumber, S, Sion House; £, DiSke of Edinburgh; T, Telegraph. in the same way, and protected for a time by a sash- covered frame placed over each hill. Plants are some- times started in greenhouses or hotbeds, to be set later in the open ground; but this method is unsatisfactory unless great pains be taken. The method outlined by Hender- son (Gardening for Profit), of starting plants on inverted sods in hotbeds and greenhouses, has proved successful with some gardeners, but is not capable of wide use. Early cultivation should be sufficient and timely, and ac- companied by very careful combative operations against insects, for the first month is the most critical in the life of the Cucumber plant. When the vines begin to cover the ground, cultivation may be discontinued. Cucumbers are often forced inwarmhouses (Fig. 584) in winter and spring. The large English forcing varie- ties, as Telegraph and Sion House (Fig. 585), are preferred by some growers, but the White Spine varieties are more popular in America, especially for spring forcing after lettuce or flowering plants. The plants are started in 3-inch pots, and transferred directly to the benches at intervals of 23^ to 3 feet. They are then trained on wire trellises near
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