600 HOW TO MAKE THE FARM PAY. 



later planted in cold frames for winter, or sown in the hot-bed 

 in e;irly spring, February or March, transplanted to the cold 

 (rames in April, or in the South to the open ground. If not 

 set between the rows of cabbages as before described, place them 

 in rows, one foot apart each way. For after crops the seed may 

 be sown in the open ground. The Early Curled Silesia is pre- 

 ferable for fall sowing. The Simpson is a trifle earlier, but not 

 so good. The Tennis Ball is the proper variety for early spring 

 sowing in the hot-bed, and the Green Winter, Curled India, and 

 Ne Plus Ultra for spring and summer sowing. 



Meloxs are legitimately a farmer's crop. The grounds of 

 the market gardener are too valuable for melon growing. 

 Melons require a sandy loam, and but half the aVnount of 

 manure required by the vegetable tribe, say twenty-five to 

 fifty tons of stable manure to the acre. They should be 

 ])lanted in rows marked out as for corn, with a portion of the 

 manure in each hill, and cultivated the same as for corn. The 

 Southern cultivators will do well to force their crop, planting 

 their seeds on reversed sods, as directed for cucumbers. Water- 

 melons received in July can be sold by the million in the New 

 York markets, at from fifty cents to one dollar each. 



The Black Spanish watermelon is one of the earliest and best 

 varieties. The Mountain Sprout is a large, handsome and pro- 

 ductive variety. Skillman's Netted is the earliest of the musk- 

 melons, and the Borneo the largest. The Green Citron, Nutmeg, 

 and White Japan are excellent, and the Persian is a favorite 

 Southern variety. Great oare should be observed in selecting 

 melon seeds, as directed iu the latter part of this Chapter. 



Onions form one of the few crops that should be grown on 

 the same soil for a succession of years. The early crop of half 

 ripe onions is the crop for the market gardener, and the South- 

 ern cultivator. For producing this crop, seed is sown very 



