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ways, is just as applicable to watermelons and musk- 

 melons as to cucumbers. The best varieties are: the 

 Black Spanish, Ice Cream, and Mountain Sweet. They 

 can be planted a little earlier than muskmelons, but 

 there is nothing gained by doing it before the land can be 

 pu t into the finest condition. A common mistake in plant- 

 ing melons and cucumbers is, to cover the seed too deep; 

 half an inch is quite deep enough for both muskmelons 

 and cucumbers. Watermelons, the seed of which is 

 much larger, can be deeper, but much depends on the 

 nature and condition of the soil. Many a hill of melon 

 seed is literally smothered by being covered with an inch 

 of damp soil which bakes on the surface, while two inches 

 of dry, mellow sandy soil would do no harm. 



CITRON WATERMELON". 



This variety is grown exclusively for preserving. The 

 fruit is round, skin light, and dark-green, handsomely 

 striped and marbled; a few hills should be planted in 

 every garden. The cultivation is precisely the same as 

 for other melons. It is the smaller of the melons on 

 page 76. 



MUSTARD. 



For salad the cultivation of Mustard is the same as for 

 cress. Sow in rows wide enough 

 apart to admit the use of the hoe, 

 dropping two or three seeds to each 

 inch of row. For an early crop, se- 

 lect a warm, sandy soil, sow as early 

 as the soil is dry and mellow, cover 



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not more than one-quarter inch 



deep. In a week or ten days, sow another bed, and 



continue to do so at intervals for a succession. The 



