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 it is to remain for flowering, obferving to wa- 

 ter it duly until it has taken root. Thefe plants 

 Ihould be planted in rows about two feet and a 

 half afunder, and a foot and a half diflance 

 from each other in the rows. 



You may tranfplant fome Savoys, to come 

 late in the fpring ; but if the winter fhould 

 prove fevere, they will not grow to be large, 

 nor will they cabbage fo well ; but in mild win- 

 ters they often fucceed, and come late in the 

 fpring. 



Obferve to keep the Melons from too much 

 wet, which many times caufes the plants to 

 decay before the fruit is ripe ; efpecially the 

 Cantaleupe, and other curious forts, which are 

 very impatient of wet ^ fo that, where they are 

 treated in the common method, the plants ge- 

 nerally decay before their fruit is ripe, fo are of 

 no value. 



The Cucumbers for pickling are now in 

 feafon ; therefore they fhould be looked over 

 twice or three times a week, to gather fuch as 

 are fit ; for, in a fhort time, they will grov7 

 too large for that purpofe 5 thefe muft alfo be 

 frequently watered in dry weather, which will 

 caufe them to produce a greater quantity of 

 fruit* 



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