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picked then and exposed to the sun for a couple of 

 days, they will be ready for the table of the consumer. 



They are rather an uncertain crop, and are cultivated 

 but very little by market gardeners in this section. 



The melons of this class are all yellow fleshed. 

 There are several varieties; but the Arlington Long 

 Yellow is ahnost exclusively the one here raised for 

 market. In shape it is oblong, with a skin thickly 

 netted, flesh thick and of fine flavor. 



Cantaloupe is our name for round kinds. These are 

 usually started about I\Iay ist, under glass, to be 

 transplanted, about y^O 

 June I oth, to the open ^ ^ ^^ 

 field. The bed is 

 usually placed near 

 the centre of the field 

 where they are to be 

 grown, cind the seed 

 started on sods i^^ 

 inch by 9 inch, so tha!: 

 thirty -two hills are 

 started under each 3x6 sash. 



The Arlington Nutmeg is the leading first early 

 variety, and is followed by the Hackensall, which is 

 one of the most popular sorts for the main crop. 

 The latter is of good size and of excellent quality. The 

 Casaba is a large, late variety, and in the Northern 

 States always requires to be started under glass in 

 order to give it time to ripen its fruit before frost. 



The Surprise is a variety of quite recent introduc- 

 tion and of considerable merit for the home garden, 

 but it is not larire enouirh for market. 



Melon. 



