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that of fruit trees, which may be propagated by 

 grafting, or of such plants as the horseradish and 

 potato, the roots or tubers of which carry the 

 species over from one season to another. 



In raising melons, especially in colder climates 

 where the seasons are short, it is desirable to use 

 ammoniacal fertilizers to force the plants along 

 rapidly. A liberal use of one of the nitric fertiliz- 

 ers will often double the crop or, indeed, insure a 

 crop where otherwise the melons would not ripen. 



The gardener who wishes to grow melons 

 extensively will not overlook the pomegranates 

 and so-called orange and pocket melons. These 

 have interest because of their unusual appearance, 

 even though they are somewhat lacking in quality. 

 There are also large Persian and Syrian melons 

 that are favorites not only for their delicious 

 quality but also because they keep until late in the 

 winter, even until the first of January with com- 

 mon storage. Probably in cold storage these 

 melons would keep throughout the winter. 



Unfortunately these Persian and Syrian melons 

 are exceedingly variable as to quality. Some are 

 fully equal to the best cantaloup, while others will 

 be hardly edible. 



The amateur gardener might find it a useful 

 and interesting task to improve these melons in 

 this regard by careful selection. 



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