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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1907 



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freely, but always water the plants first with 

 clean water, and afterwards with the liquid 

 manure. To make manure water fill a 

 two-bushel sack half-full of fresh cow manure 

 and place it in a barrel, filling the barrel with 

 forty to fifty gallons of water. Let it stand 

 for twenty-four hours and it is then ready for 

 use. When beginning to use this, make it 

 strong enough to just color the water and 

 increase the strength as the plants become 

 accustomed to it. The plants will soon be 

 able to stand a gallon to each hill three times 

 a week. 



To protect the fruit from wire worms and 

 dampness, put pieces of shingles four inches 

 square under them. When watering melons, 

 keep all moisture from the stem of the plant, 

 as it induces stem rot. A little dusting of 

 powdered charcoal or sulphur will be very 

 effective in preventing the rot. 



Melons grown in this way will be ready for 

 table on June 20th. They can be easily 

 detached from the vines when ripe, by giving 

 a sharp downward pressure of the forefinger 

 on the stem. The best varieties are Extra 

 Early Hackensack and Emerald Gem. The 

 latter is one of the best flavored melons grown 

 and the flesh can be eaten to the rind. 



COLDFRAME METHOD 





Melons may also be grown in coldframes 

 in precisely the same manner as described 

 for hotbeds without the aid of artificial heat, 

 but do not sow the seed until April 10th to 

 15th. They will be ready for use July 20th. 



Where a hotbed has been used for early 

 rhubarb or other vegetables, take out the old 

 soil but leave the manure intact. Put back 

 from four to six inches of good mellow loam, 

 throwing it up in the centre in the form of a 

 hillock about six inches high. Insert eight 

 to ten seeds around the hill and care for as 

 recommended in the hotbed culture. Tightly 

 close the sashes at night and be sure to water 

 the top ends of the frames and also syringe 

 the under sides of the leaves to keep down 

 red spiders. 



A successful crop for outdoor planting may 

 be started about April 20th in the frame, on 

 inverted sods. Get pieces of sod four inches 

 square and two inches thick and place them 

 in the frame closely together. Make a hole 

 about one inch deep in the centre of each sod 

 with a sharp trowel, and in it put six to eight 

 seeds. Cover the seeds with rich soil and 

 firm it. Keep the sods rather dry until the 

 seeds germinate ; as the sods dry out very 

 rapidly they must be carefully watched. 

 Harden off before planting in the open by 

 leaving a chink of air on at night, and grad- 

 ually increase the air until the soft growth 

 is inured to outdoor conditions. Do not 

 allow the roots to penetrate through the sod, 

 for if they do the plants will wilt when trans- 

 planted to the garden. 



WHERE TO GROW MELONS 



Select the warmest site in the garden for 

 the melons and, if possible, give a sandy loam, 

 one that will warm up quickly. A few days 

 before transplanting, which will be from 

 May 8th to 15th, make hills one foot square 

 and deep. Put enough manure in the holes 

 to come up within four inches of the surface, 





