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METHOD OF GROWING MELONS. 



Messrs Editors. — Select the poorest, and if possible 

 a completely barren piece of ground : the reason for 

 which will appear in the sequel. Lay off your 

 ground into holes 2J or 3 feet square, in rows 8 feet 

 by 10. Late in the fall or during the winter, these 

 holes must be filled with manure even with the sur- 

 face, and then hilled up into hills with the soil or clay 



taken from them. Plant the seed from the 1st of 

 April to first of June, according to your latitude, 

 or your de-iro for early or late melons. P^rom the 

 15th of April to the 1st of May is a good time in the 

 latitudo of Virginia and North Carolina. To avoid 

 the ravages of the striped bug as well as in some 

 measure obtain the advantage of a hot-bed, I intend 

 hereafter to make small boxes, without bottoms, but 

 covered on the top with millinst, which will, I think, 



