I 4 8 MELONS, PUMPKINS, AND CUCUMBERS 



Muskmelons are more easily grown than water- 

 melons. The cantaloupes are furrowed, hard-rind 

 melons, while the " nutmegs " are netted, soft-rind 

 muskmelons. 



MUSKMELONS 



Pumpkins and squashes are raised for human food 

 and also for stock food. As stock food they are often 

 profitable crops, yielding as much as thirty tons per 

 acre. The field pumpkin is often grown with corn ; 

 and when the corn is cut and shocked, the ground may 

 be almost yellow with ripe pumpkins. They are used 



