Gardening for Amateurs 



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happen to be open at the same time, and regulated, and this is best accomplished by 



if more than four fruits develop cut off pinching out the point of each one that 



the poorest of them. The shoots of the bears fruit at two leaves beyond the latter, 



Melon soon become a tangle unless property and in the case of others by " stopping " 



Melon plants in a frame ; the dotted lines 

 show the direction in which the shoots 

 should be trained. 



. i .'..' 



'Pinching" the top of the young 

 Melon plant to induce the for- 

 mation of side growths. 



Showing how the pollen 

 from the male or stamin- 

 ate flower is conveyed 

 to the female or pistil- 

 late bloom. 



Flowers of the Melon: female at A 

 and male at B, the petals having 

 been removed from the latter. 



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