FRUITS 



mixture when they are first set out, and 

 again when they have finished blossoming. 



Good varieties of strawberries are: 

 Haverland and Bubach, pistillate varieties; 

 Michel's Early and Bederwood, early per- 

 fect flowering; Lovett, McKinley, and 

 Brandywine, late perfect flowering. 



Melons A melon patch requires con- 

 siderable room, as the hills for the vines 

 should be at least six feet apart each way, 

 and there should be twenty hills each of 

 water melons and musk melons. The soil 

 should be light and sandy or the melons 

 will not succeed. The ground to receive 

 them must be well cultivated, and the place 

 chosen for the melon patch should be as far 

 removed as possible from cucumbers and 

 squash. It is better also to separate some- 

 what widely the musk melons from the 

 water melons. The culture of both is alike. 

 Hills should be made six feet apart and ten 

 seeds should be planted in a hill, after all 

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