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with salmon flesh are Paul Rose and Delmonico. 
Green-fleshed varieties of merit are Rocky 
Ford, Long Island Beauty, Netted Gem, and 
Jenny Lind. 
In forcing melons, the same rules hold good; 
viz., quick growth, good soil, and the selection of 
good seed. The house for melons should be 
similar to that described for cucumbers, except 
that a night temperature of 70° should be avail- 
able during the growing season. The seed can 
be sown at any time of the year allowing from 80 
to 110 days for the ripening of the crop. The 
shorter period is for spring sowing, and the longer 
for fall-sown seed. A crop started in September, 
for instance, cannot be harvested before January, 
because of the unfavourable seasonal conditions. 
Sow the seed in two-inch pots and later transfer 
the seedlings to four-inch pots, whence they 
can be set directly in the hills, after these have 
been prepared with good drainage and rich soil. 
Some chopped sod is a good addition. Let the 
hills be about eighteen inches apart, and after 
the plants are well established, remove every 
second hill. At this time also, pinch the terminal 
bud of the main stem, then choose, and begin 
to trim the four or five young shoots that are 
to become the fruiting branches. At all times 
