186 VEGETABLE GROWING. 



Element. Pounds of different material for one acre. 



f 400 to 600 Ibs. cotton seed meal ; or 

 -vr., j 250 to 350 Ibs. dried blood ; or 



' rogen 1 175 to 250 Ibs. nitrate of soda; or _ 



[ 150 to 200 Ibs. sulphate of ammonia, 

 f 800 to 1200 Ibs. kainit; or 



p , , j 125 to 200 Ibs. muriate of potash ; or 



""] 125 to 200 Ibs. sulphate of potash ; or 

 [250 to 300 Ibs. sulphate of potash and 



sulphate of ammonia. 



-D, , . .-, f 650 to 900 Ibs. acid phosphate ; or 

 Phosphoric acid. ( 500 to 800 lbg disso Y ved P bone .' 



VARIETIES. 



In choosing a variety to raise, be sure that the meat 

 is solid and the rind hard and strong, if wanted for 

 distant market. The following varieties will be found 

 good : Dixie, Kolb Gem, Florida Favorite, Pride of 

 Georgia, and Rattlesnake. 



For home use and local markets, much will depend 

 on the local demand ; usually, these want a small, or 

 medium-sized melon, very sweet ; thin-rind and red- 

 fleshed. The following varieties will be found to have 

 red flesh: Black Spanish, Dark Icing, Ice Cream, and 

 Mountain Sweet. If the last mentioned is desired, be 

 sure that seed from a good strain is obtained. 



PLANTING. 



Lay the land off in checks about six by six feet and 

 use the fertilizer in the hill. Let no one deceive him- 

 self into the belief that it is enough to run a plow 

 through the hill once or twice to mix the fertilizer 

 with the soil. The melon-grower who uses commer- 

 cial fertilizer must, sooner or later, learn that to mix 

 the fertilizer thoroughly with the soil means about 

 three times as much work as the majority of growers 

 usually put on to it. The fertilizer should be scattered 

 in a circle about three feet in diameter about the place 

 where the hill is to stand. Use the fertilizer a week 

 or ten days before planting. 



