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cucumbers should be kept some distance apart, 

 otherwise they are hable to become inoculated. 

 The "Early Hackensack" is a rehable variety of 

 melon. 



Water Melons. — The cultivation of the water 

 melon is the same as for musk melons. "Cole's 

 Early" and "Ice Cream" are delicious sorts. 



The Citron, so well known for preserving, should 

 be given a place in all gardens. It requires to be 

 grown some distance from the water melons, to pre- 

 vent mixing. Give the same cultivation as for 

 melons. The "Red Seeded" is a suitable variety. 



Onions. — Seed for these may be sown quite early 

 in the spring, as a few degrees of frost will not injure 

 the young plants. Sow in rows eighteen inches 

 apart. After the bulbs are about half an inch in 

 diameter, thin out. Leave the thinnings on the 

 ground to dry off, and they can be kept over winter 

 and planted for early use the following spring. The 

 thinnings can be used for what are known as 

 "Dutch or Bottom Sets."* The well-known varieties 

 are "Yellow Globe Danvers," "Red Wethersfield," 

 and "Silverskin " for pickling. 



The Parsnip is one of our most nutritious vege- 

 tables. Sow the seed early in the spring in rows 

 two feet apart, and thin to six inches in the rows, 

 lycave them in the ground until beginning of winter, 

 as they are improved by the early frost. A good 

 variety is the "Hollow Crown." 



Peas, being one of the legumes, should form a 

 portion of our daily diet. Sow early in spring, in 

 rows two feet apart. Cultivate thoroughly. Make 

 two or three sowings at intervals of three or four 

 weeks. Varieties suitable are "Best Extra P'arly" 

 (for first sowing), followed by "Prosperity or Gradus" 

 and ' ' Improved Stratagem. ' ' The last two are large, 

 green, wrinkled sorts. 



