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marmalade from this fruit, which is a good substitute for 

 s yrup or treacle." 



In order to have Water Melons in good perfection, you 

 must fix upon a piece of very rich light soil ; prepare, plant 

 and manage it in every respect as is directed for the others, 

 only let the hills be seven or eight feet distant every way. 

 One ounce of seed will plant from forty to fifty hills. 



MUSTARD, 



MOUTARDE. Sinapis. 



VARIETIES. 

 White. | Black. 



THE Alba, or White Mustard, grows spontaneously in 

 the fields of England ; it is also cultivated as a small Salad, 

 as well as for seed. The seed yields from every hundred 

 pounds, from thirty-three to thirty* six pounds of sweet 

 mild oil. 



White Mustard Seed is much used as a medicine, and per- 

 sons subject to disordered stomachs often derive great benefit 

 by taking a spoonful of the dry seed, two or three times a 

 day. Some use it in pickles, to which it imparts an agree- 

 able flavour, and renders Cucumbers in particular more 

 salutary. 



The Nigra, or Common Mustard, is also a native of 

 England. The condiment, called Mustard, and in daily 

 use at our table, is prepared from the seed of this species. 



The seeds of each variety may be sown in clean rich 

 ground in April and May; and for a fall Salad in September, 

 in shallow drills. 



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