Vegetables of the Vine Family 



CITRON 



Used for preserving and for sweet pickles, re- 

 quire the same treatment as melons and squash. 

 Seed may be planted directly in the open ground 

 or started on pieces of sod in the hotbed; this is 

 preferable as the fruit sometimes fails to ripen 

 in a short season and unless fully ripened on 

 the vine the preserves have a watery taste, no 

 matter how carefully prepared. Citron make 

 about the same length of vine as the watermelon 

 so should be planted from five to six feet apart, 

 and when the vines are a foot in length the tips 

 should be pinched off to induce branching and 

 check too straying a habit. Keep cultivated, re- 

 membering that the dust-mulch is the best garden 

 insurance and spray with Bordeaux mixture 

 against blight and use tobacco dust liberally as a 

 preventive measure against the yellow striped 

 beetle and the squash bug. 



MUSK MELONS 



In securing seed for growing musk melons one 

 should take into consideration the climate and 



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