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planted here at later dates, in the discarded or cropped vegetable 

 fields, where a remunerative crop is often made as an auxiliary 

 crop, as a sort of side issue. The plan pays very well, since the 

 ground is already fertilized from these previous vegetable crops, 

 and, being free from weeds, very little expense is incurred. They 

 pay as high as $300 per acre, and, if grown early, can be made to 

 pay much more. This latter plan, however, has never been 

 attempted on a large scale. Being a new country, it naturally 

 takes time for our people to develop and branch out in these 

 specialties. 



Muskmelons. 



Muskmelons are grown very similarly to cucumbers ; in fact, 

 identically the same care should be given them throughout. New 

 varieties from the Bahamas, Cuba and California have recently 

 been tried, and seem to adapt themselves much better to our cli- 

 mate than the Northern varieties, which often refuse to fruit in 

 this country. 



What has been said in regard to the possibilities for growing 

 watermelons will apply to muskmelons as well, and a great 

 money-making future awaits him who exploits this branch of 

 business advantageously. 



