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the spring into rich ground. For a large supply, sow in drills, 
from time to time, during spring and summer, and when up a few 
inches high, thin out the plants to twelve inches distance from 
each other every way. For this purpose Nos. 4, 5, and 6 are the 
best varieties. Lettuce may be blanched as directed for Endive. 
One-eighth of an ounce of seed will be sufficient for a bed three 
feet wide and seven feet long, and will produce between two and 
three hundred plants. 
MELON, OR CANTELEUP. 
1. Green Citron. 6. Large Musk. 
2. Pine Apple. 4. Christiana. 
3. Nutmeg. 8. Hunter, 
4, Skillman’s Fine Netted. Hooseinee Canteleup. 
5. Large Yellow Canteleup. 9. Turk’s Cap Citron. 
Melons should be planted the latter end of spring, in well-ma- 
nured and deep-dug ground. Mark it out into squares of six feet 
every way, and at the angle of every square dig a hole twelve 
inches deep and eighteen inches in diameter, into which place old 
rotted manure to the depth of six inches, and four inches of soil 
over the same, and incorporate both well together with the spade. 
Draw the soil over the mixture so as to form a circular hill about 
a foot broad at top, and sow in each hill six or eight seed, about 
two inches apart from each other, and cover about half an inch 
deep. When the plants commence producing their rough leaves, 
they should be thinned to two or three in a hill, and have the 
earth drawn up, from time to time, as high about the roots of the 
plants as the seed-leaves. As soon as the plants spread into 
branches, the top of the first runner-bud. should be pinched off, 
which will greatly strengthen the plants and enable them to per- 
fect their fruit early. The ground should be kept free from weeds 
by frequent hoeings. No. 1 is roughly netted, flesh melting, very 
sweet, and high flavored. No. 2 is of medium size, rough netted, 
and flesh thick, firm, juicy, and sweet. No. 8 is somewhat larger 
and more globular, flesh green, and very highly scented. No. 4 
