. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. dreer's vegetables under glass. 65 English Forcing Cucumbers. A class or group of cucumbers known and catalogued under this general name is now coining into demand at Philadelphia and other cities. Thus far the English forcing cucumbers are sold only to what is fancy trade ; that is, to people who know the excellence of the article and have means to pay for it. There are several growers at Philadelphia raising English forcing cucumbers. The see
. Dreer's vegetables under glass : a little handbook telling how to till the soil during twelve months of the year. Vegetables; Cold-frames. dreer's vegetables under glass. 65 English Forcing Cucumbers. A class or group of cucumbers known and catalogued under this general name is now coining into demand at Philadelphia and other cities. Thus far the English forcing cucumbers are sold only to what is fancy trade ; that is, to people who know the excellence of the article and have means to pay for it. There are several growers at Philadelphia raising English forcing cucumbers. The seed is scarce and high in price, but this does not matter when it is realized that so few seeds are required to supply even a large establishment. The cucumbers of this group are very large in size, being so long as to equal three of the common type. They are practically seedless, and as to quality they are held in the highest esteem by people acquainted with them. They can be forced all winter, under the treatment heretofore described, but each plant must be given much EOLLISON'S TELEGEAPH rOECI^IG CnCUMBEE. John G. Gardner, an experienced grower, elsewhere quoted, recommends that they be planted four feet apart in the rows ; two plants at a place, for training in opposite directions. Mr. Gardner recommends the variety called Telegraph. Under proper treatment the fruit can be had in sixty days' from the seed (according to Mr. Gardner), and the bearing season may be prolonged for months, and even from one season to another. As to prices, the cucumbers of this type will easily bring 25 cents each in winter, and will be in demand among a class of buyers who are both numerous and desirable. To. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Dreer, Henry A. Philadelphia : Henry A. Dreer, Incorporated
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