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MUSKMELONS SPECIAL SORTS FOR UNDER 

 GLASS AND PACIFIC COAST CONDITIONS 



EXPERT care and considerable experience are re- 

 quired to grow melons successfully indoors out of 

 season. For this reason and because melons are more 

 exacting in their requirements than most other green- 

 house crops, their growing under glass is practised largely 

 under the supervision of competent gardeners. They are 

 generally grown as a companion crop with beans. 



Blenheim Orange and Suttons Emerald Gem (shown 

 above) are both English varieties of unquestioned merit. 

 They bear fruits from 100 to 115 days after sowing. 



On the Pacific Coast melons or cantaloupes thrive to 

 perfection. They grow to great size. 



The smaller sorts of the Jenny Lind type are preferred 

 for the home garden. The Cassaba or Yellow Pineapple 

 Melon is esteemed as a winter keeper. California Large 

 Nutmeg and Montreal Nutmeg are two large, green-fleshed 

 sorts in popular favor in the large cities. 



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