338 . How THE FARM PAYS. 



MELON (WATER). 



"Water melons require the same soil as musk melons for their best 

 development, and thrive best in warm latitudes. Unless the soil is 

 especially warm and sandy they do not usually give as good ressult 

 in the Northern and Middle States as the musk melon, and are now, 

 essentially, for market purposes, a plant of the South and South- 



PHINNET'S EABLT WATEB MELON. 



western States, where hundreds of thousands of them are annually 

 grown for our Northern markets. The culture is exactly the same as 

 for musk melons, except that the hills should be just double the dis- 

 tance apart, namely, nine to ten feet. Of varieties, the Black Spanish, 

 Ice Cream and Phinney's Early are the favorites for this section, and 

 the Georgia or Eattlesnake variety in the Southern States. 



OKRA, OR GUMBO. 



This vegetable is extensively grown in the Southern States. Its 

 long pods, when young, are used in soups, stews, etc., and are very 

 nutritious. It is easily cultivated and grows freely, bearing abun- 

 dantly in any garden soil. It is sown at the usual time of all tender 

 vegetables, in May, in drills, two inches deep and three feet apart, 

 the seeds being dropped at two to three inches apart. 



ONION. 



It is the generally received opinion that onions grow best in old 

 ground. This we think is an error; it is not because the ground is 

 " old," or has been long cultivated, that the onions do better there, 



