The Watermelon 



301 



for home consumption ; greater attention should be paid to 

 the plant by the home gardener. 'Among the melons suit- 

 able for home gardens, not to mention others equally as 

 good, are Peerless, Dark and Light Icing, Kleckley, Mc- 

 Iver, Phinney, Halbert, Hungarian. The shipping water- 

 melons, mostly requiring longer season, comprise such vari- 

 eties as Kolb Gem, Eattlesnake, Dixie, Alabama Sweet, 



179. The market watermelon (X 1/lOj. 



Ironclad, Tom Watson. The oblong kinds (Fig. 179) may 

 reach 2 feet in length. Fair-sized shipping watermelons 

 weigh about 20 or 25 pounds, but they run to 30 pounds 

 and more. Watermelons are shipped in bulk, by the car- 

 load. 



PUMPKIN AND SQUASH 



Seeds are planted 1 in. to 1% in. deep. When grown by 

 themselves, pumpkins and field squashes are planted in hills 



