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Black-SCeded Batter. Heads medium, prominent, and 

 solid; rich yellow; flavor excellent; leaves spreading, 

 dark green ; valuable for second early. 



Curled India. Heads large and prominent, compact 

 but not very solid ; leaves curled, spreading ; color, 

 greenish yellow, with a distinct brown tinge. The best 

 curled variety for summer culture. 



Hardy Green or Winter. This is the most hardy of 

 all the varieties, and is frequently sown in September, 

 in rows covered lightly with straw, and in the spring 

 marketed as " cut " lettuce, and sold by measure. Heads 

 medium size and compact, tough ; leaves flat and spread- 

 ing, dull green, brown-tinged; heads up very quick in 

 spring, and used to some extent to plant among early 

 cabbages, but is not salable when the " Simpson " comes 

 in abundance. 



MELON MUSK. 



Melons are not grown in market-gardens, but for 

 farm-gardens are an important crop, as they may be 

 shipped any reasonable distance, and usually command 

 paying prices, especially when grown early. 



Soil and Preparation, The soil best adapted to musk- 

 melons is a light loam, and they do well in such as is 

 largely composed of sand. Old sward land is preferable 

 to fallow ground. 



The land should be plowed, well harrowed, and far- 

 rowed out six feet one way by three feet the other. 



At the intersections, put a shovelful of well-rotted 

 manure or compost, and thoroughly mix it with the soil, 

 drawing a little fine soil over the whole, making the hill 

 broad and flat, slightly concave in the center, to receive 

 the seed. The season of planting is from the first to the 

 twentieth of May, and to avoid a useless repetition, I 

 would say that the planting and after-cultivation is the 



