126 THE SEED-GROWER. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
Blanch after the manner for celery, by earthing up as 
the plants advance in growth. 
Lettuce — Transplant from seed bed into rows 18 
inches apart, 8 inches in the row. 
One ounce will sow 125 feet of drill. 
Melon—-Make hills for muskmelon 6 feet each way; 
watermelon 8 feet each way. Plant 8 to 10 seeds toa 
hill to allow for bugs, and when danger from them is 
past, thin out to three of the strongest plants to a hill. 
One ounce muskmelon will plant 60 hills; 2 to 3 
pounds, one acre. 
One ounce watermelon will plant 20 hills; 3 pounds, 
one acre, 
To have extra large melons for exhibition purposes, 
leave but one or two melons to a vine, 
Mustard—Sow in drills 1 foot apart, thinning to 6 
inches apart. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill. 
Okra—Sow one inch deep in hills or drills; in hills 2 
feet apart each way, 2 or 3 plants being allowed to 
stand to a hill; if in drills, 3 feet apart, thinning plants 
to 10 inches apart. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill or plant 40 hills. 
Onion—Sow in drills 1 foot apart, t-inch deep; thin 
out plants to 3 or 4 inches apart. 
One ounce will sow 100 feet of drill; 4 or 5 pounds, 
one acre. 
To have the mild-flavored Italian and Bermuda 
varieties early, start in hotbed in January or February, 
sowing in drills 14 to 2 inches apart, transplanting to 
open ground without a check in their growth when 
danger from frost is over. By the 10th of July, they 
should form onions of marketable size 2 to 8 inches in 
diameter. 
