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Weather to refrefh them now and 

 then with a little Water. 



In Julj thefe Plants will pro- 

 duce a great Quantity of Fruit, 

 which feme Peopk are very fond 

 of : Thele they gather while young, 

 and boil them with Meat inftead 

 of Turnips; But notwithftanding 

 what fome Peribns have advanc'd 

 concerning the Goodnefs of this 

 Fruit, yet, from feveral Trials which 

 I have made, 1 couid not bring 

 my Palate to relifli them, for they 

 have a very great Flatulency in 

 their Tafte, which is agreeable to 

 very few Perfons : But in the Wfjl- 

 Indies, where there is a Scarcity 

 of Garden Roots and Plants, theie 

 and many other Sorts are efteemed 

 Delicacies. 



MELONRY, or MELON- 

 GROUND, is an Apartment in 

 the Kitchen-Garden for the Propa- 

 gation of Melons. 



This Spot of Ground fhould be 

 open to the South- Eafi Sun, but 

 flicker 'd from the M'eji, North-lVeJl 

 and North-En ft Winds, by Walls, 

 Pales or Hedges-, it fliould alfo be 

 upon a dry Soil, for nothing is 

 more injurious to thefe Plants than 

 much Wet : and as in the Spring it 

 often proves very rainy Weather j 

 if the Soil Ihould happen to be too 

 moift, there will be no making the 

 Ridges until it is very late. You 

 ihould alfo contrive to place it as near 

 to the Dung as poffible, which will 

 iave a great deal of Labour in 

 w^heelmg the Dung ; and, if poffi- 

 ble, you fliould contrive to have a 

 Pond of Water near it, which in 

 very dry Weather, will be very 

 ufcfal to water the Melons. 



As to the Size of the Ground, 

 that raufl be proportion'd to the 

 Quantity of Ridges intended, which 

 )ou may eafily calculate by allows 

 jpg eight Feet and a half for eve- 



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ry Ridge, and the Holes plac'd at 

 about three Feet afunder j but it is 

 the befl: Way to allow Room e- 

 nough where you are not flraiten'd 

 for it. 



This Ground fhculd be inclos'd 

 with a Reed-Fence, and kept con- 

 flanrly lock'd up during the Time 

 that the Melons are growing, for 

 if they are expos'd to every Perfbn 

 that v/alks in the Garden (moll of 

 whom have a Curiolity to handle 

 the Vines, and look after the Fruit) 

 it will be of ill Confequcnce, no- 

 thing being more injurious to the/e 

 P'anrs than frequenc tumbling or 

 diflurbing their Leaves. 



The common Practice in moft 

 Gentlcmens G.irde^- , ''; to inclofe 

 a Spot ot Ground either with 

 Walls or Pales, which they con- 

 ftantly appropriate to this Purpofe: 

 But this is by no means a good 

 Method J tor it rarely happens that 

 thcic fucceed well longer than two 

 Years in the fame Place, unlefs 

 the Soil be removed, and frefli 

 brought in, which is very expen- 

 five i therefore the befl: Way is, to 

 have a fufficient Parcel of Reeds 

 made into Pannels, which may be 

 annually moved from Place to 

 Place, ik> that you need not conti- 

 nue your Ridge's longer than one 

 Year in the lame Place, And if 

 you have a Piece of Ground which 

 is large enough to divide into 

 four iuch Places, the Fence may 

 be every Year remov'd forward, 

 till the Whole has been occupy'd ; 

 after w^hich you may return to 

 the Spot where you began, which, 

 by that Time, will be as good as 

 fierh Earth : And hereby, without 

 much Trouble, you may remove 

 them every Yearj for as one of 

 the Sides will remain unreniov'd 

 every Time the Fence is carried 

 forv/ird, fo the Labour will not 



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