MUSKMELONS 



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pots have become well filled with roots, shift the plants into 4- or 

 6-inch pots. As the last lettuce is being removed from the green- 

 house, these pot-grown plants should be shifted to the bench, to 

 stand about 1 8 inches or 2 feet apart if set in single benches. If 

 double benches 6 feet wide are used, rows 1 5 inches from the edge 

 will be satisfactory. In houses which have permanent benches of 

 greater width the planting distance can be made 4 feet. A trellis 

 shaped like the letter A should be provided, on which wires may 

 be strung to act as a support for the plants, as shown in figure 113. 

 Care should be exercised to tie them so that they will not be cut 



FIG. 113. Muskmelons trained on A-trellis in greenhouse 



by the wires. As the fruits develop and increase in size it will be 

 necessary to provide a support for them also. This can be done 

 satisfactorily by the use of ordinary quart berry cups. The fruits 

 are placed in the cups, and a band of raffia is tied to each corner 

 and carried over the top of the trellis. If the varieties are small, 

 like the Blenheim Orange, the quart cup will be large enough ; 

 but 4 if a larger-fruited variety is grown it will be necessary to use 

 instead a board suspended by a band of raffia, tied as described 

 above, or a piece of duck 6 inches square, to which raffia is tied 

 at each corner. 



