HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



WATERMELONS THE EXTRA EARLY KINDS 



AMONG watermelons more than any other vegetable 

 fruits you cannot find earliness, size, and quality 

 in one and the same kind. Thus Cole's Early and Kolb's 

 Gem are quite early, bearing ripe fruits in seventy-five to 

 eighty days. But their size is comparatively small 

 and their quality is very indifferent. Their usefulness 

 is limited, therefore, to sections with short seasons. 



Fordhook Early, while just a few days later than above 

 sorts, bears fruits as large as the top of a barrel, even 

 larger, under favorable conditions, and is of truly elegant 

 quality. It is a round, dark-skinned sort (see illustra- 

 tion), an ideal home garden sort, and a good one for mar- 

 ket. It is the earliest ripening sort, combining good qual- 

 ity with fair size. Phinney's Early is a handsomely green- 

 and white-striped sort of about the same season as Ford- 

 hook Early but does not grow quite so large. 



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