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FACTS AND FIGURES OF THE 



tion of fertilizer, using aljout five hundred pounds of the 

 same kind, putting it about two feet from the plants to 

 make them reach out after it. Never move the vines after 

 they start to run, as this is apt to bruise them and lessen 

 the \ield. 



Rust Resistant Rocky Ford Cantaloupe. 

 DIRECTIONS FOR PI-ANTING. 



Plant the cantaloupe seeds in a straight row about four 

 feet apart along the middle of the beds, putting about sin 

 seeds to the hill. When the plants come up and start to 

 grow, thin them down to two plants to the hill. For plant- 

 ing the watermelons lay your land off in checks eight to ten 

 feet each way and plant in the checks. If the land is low, 



