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CHAPTER VII. 



GROWTH OF MELONS IN PITS, AND TRAINING THE 

 PLANTS ON THE TRELLIS. 



THIS mode of fruiting the melon is believed to 

 be entirely new ; and, what is much more im- 

 portant, a great improvement in the mode of 

 producing it, especially at an early period of the 

 year. Thus the melon, like the cucumber, may 

 be raised at a time when success by any other 

 method must be doubtful, however watchful the 

 cultivator may be in attending to its growth. 

 The melon on a trellis may be propagated 

 with certainty, from the ability possessed by the 

 grower of giving the requisite heat and air at 

 all times. 



The plants being raised above the soil, and 

 suspended in a warm atmosphere, they do not 

 suffer, as they do when lying on the earth, from 



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