Vegetables of the Vine Family 



plenty of seed so that one will have an assured 

 stand, and transplant when all danger of frost 

 is past. If one only grows a few hills it will well 

 repay one for the extra trouble to cover the hills 

 with shallow boxes, covered with wire netting or 

 mosquito netting. The boxes should not be 

 more than four inches high and about twelve 

 inches square, or thereabouts ; if removed as soon 

 as danger of bugs is past and stored in a dry 

 place they will last for a number of years. 

 Empty biscuit boxes sawed in two make good 

 frames or strips of three inch lumber can quickly 

 be converted into frames by any one handy with 

 hammer and saw. 



Dry weather is one of the serious drawbacks to 

 melon culture as the drought usually comes just 

 as the fruit is setting. Sinking tin cans, with 

 holes punched in the sides near the bottom, to 

 the top in the soil in the middle of the hill and 

 keeping them filled with water will be of much 

 assistance in bringing the fruit on to maturity. 

 Occasionally too much rain interferes with the 

 ripening of the fruit ; in such cases the empty can 



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