WATER MELON; 



ounce of good Melon seed will plant about one hundred and? 

 twenty hills. 



When the plants are in a state of forwardness, producing 

 their rough leaves, they must be thinned to two or three in 

 each hill; draw earth from time to time round the hills, and 

 as high about the roots of the plants as the seed leaves. 

 As soon as the plants spread into branches, they should be 

 slopped, by pinching off the top of the first runner bud ; this 

 will strengthen the plants and promote their perfecting the 

 fruit early ; after which keep the ground perfectly free from 

 weeds by frequent hoeings. 



There are many varieties of the Melon, highly estimated 

 in Europe, which do not succeed in this country ; the gar. 

 dener should, therefore, plant only such as have been tested 

 and found to produce good fruit here, or our superior old 

 sorts may become degenerate. After a judicious selection 

 is made, if caution be not used to plant the different sorts 

 remote from each other, also from cucumbers, squashes, and 

 gourds, degeneracy will infallibly be the consequence. To. 

 prevent the ravages of flies, &c. see General Remarks. 



WATER MELON, 



MELON D'EAU. Cucurbita citrullus. 



VARIETIES. 



Long Island. Apple seeded. 



Carolina. Citron, for preserves. 



Goodwin's Scarlet Imperial. 



THE Water Melon, though by some considered a species 

 of the former, is a distinct genus of exotic plants. They 

 afford a veiy refreshing article of Juxury in our warm sum- 

 mers. Dr. Pallas, in the account of his journey to the south- 

 ern provinces in Russia, in 1793 and 94, speaking of a 

 colony of Moravians atSarepta, or Sapa, on the river Volga, 

 says, "The ingenious inhabitants of this town brew a kind 

 of beer from their very abundant and cheap Water Melons, 

 with the addition of Hops ; they also prepare a conserve QSV 



