126 THE SEED-GROWER. 



One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Blanch after the manner for celery, by earthing up as 

 the plants advance in growth. 



Lettuce Transplant from seed bed into rows 18 

 inches apart, 8 inches in the row. 



One ounce will sow 125 feet of drill. 



Melon Make hills for muskmelon 6 feet each way; 

 watermelon 8 feet each way. Plant 8 to 10 seeds to a 

 hill to allow for bugs, and when danger from them is 

 past, thin out to three of the strongest plants to a hill. 



One ounce muskmelon will plant 60 hills; 2 to 3 

 pounds, one acre. 



One ounce watermelon will plant 20 hills; 3 pounds, 

 one acre. 



To have extra large melons for exhibition purposes, 

 leave but one or two melons to a vine. 



Mustard Sow in drills 1 foot apart, thinning to 6 

 inches apart. 



One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 



Okra Sow one inch deep in hills or drills; in hills 2 

 feet apart each way, 2 or 3 plants being allowed to 

 stand to a hill; if in drills, 3 feet apart, thinning plants 

 to 10 inches apart. 



One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill or plant 40 hills. 



Onion Sow in drills 1 foot apart, -inch deep; thin 

 out plants to 3 or 4 inches apart. 



One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 4 or 5 pounds, 

 one acre. 



To have the mild-flavored Italian and Bermuda 

 varieties early, start in hotbed in January or February, 

 sowing in drills 1 J to 2 inches apart, transplanting to 

 open ground without a check in their growth when 

 danger from frost is over. By the 10th of July, they 

 should form onions of marketable size 2 to 3 inches in 

 diameter. 



