The real secret in getting quality in the muskmelon lies in not picking 

 |t until it is really ripe, when it will leave the stem naturally. Never cut 

 a melon. The flavor can be improved by putting under glass for a few 

 hours 



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 No. 8 



The small bugs will get the crops if you don't look 



out. Hand pick the cabbage worm and dust on While we are gathering the harvest of the early 



insecticide for the asparagus beetle ° r i i 



spring plantings, we must also keep constantly 

 at vJork sowing crops for fall, fighting hugs, 



: j., and by good tillage and cultivation off- 



\ 'T'-i^m^*- se t the strain of summer heat 



Photographs by W. C. McCOLLOM 



Weeds are robbers of fertility and keeping them 

 mowed down is even more important now than in 

 early spring 



Summer transplanting will be made easy by using a large 

 umbrella tcshade both planter and plant 



Cut to the ground the old fruiting canes of raspberries and 

 blackberries — they are of no further use 



Break the tops of the onions before ripening begins. This 

 will result in a larger bulb and consequently a bigger crop 



Thoroughly water the drill before sowing seed in hot 

 weather. This puts the moisture where the young plants 

 need it and insures a proper start or germination 



When both the tops and roots of the onions are dry, the As soon as the early potatoes are ready dig them up, 



tops can be easily twisted off and the bulbs placed in crates and resow the ground to a fall crop such as spinach or lettuce 



for storage to keep the soil producing 



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