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melons, u rightly understood," are as melting and savory in their 

 tender infancy, as they are luscious and sugary in their ripe ma- 

 turity. 



Ed. We shall be glad to put it to the immediate proof. But 

 we must bring this talk to a close, or we shall be suspected of hav- 

 ing lost all taste but the taste for the flesh-pots of Egypt. 



Sub. But not till I have shown you my plat of " German 

 greens," all growing for use next March, and my fine Walcheren 

 cauliflowers, planted late, and which I shall " lift " at the first smart 

 frost, and carry them into the cellar of my outbuildings, where they 

 will flower and give me the finest and most succulent of vegetables 

 all winter long, when my neighbors have only turnips and Irish po- 

 tatoes. But you have taught the public how to manage all this in 

 the previous number of your journal, so that I find every one 

 begins to understand that it is as easy to have fine cauliflowers at 

 Easter as Newtown Pippins. And now let us end this gossip and 

 take a turn in the orchard, where I must show you my Beurres <uwl 

 Bergamots. 



