CHAPTER ELEVEN 

 VINE VEGETABLES AND FRUITS 



1 HOUGH limited in number, the fruits or vege- 

 tables produced by plants of a viny nature com- 

 prise some of the most important and interesting of 

 the garden's productions. The culture differs some- 

 what from that given other plants and is limited to 

 a shorter period of active operations. All vine 

 growths are exceedingly tender when young, and 

 for this reason cannot be gotten into the ground un- 

 til all danger of frost is past and the soil is warm. 

 The seeds of this class of plants especially of 

 melons in variety are very sensitive to wet or cold 

 and prone to decay if conditions are not quite right. 

 It is often, for this reason, necessary to repeat the 

 planting twice or oftener before a good stand of 

 plants is obtained. No seed should go into the 

 ground at the North before the twentieth of May, 

 and in many instances the first of June will give 



better results. Where very early fruit is desired, 



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