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aye ilenits 2 (oleae, (Ca (eee) 
deg. F.) is maintained, but 
the sashes are opened when- 
ever the weather permits 
and the plants are lightly 
watered, care being taken 
to avoid excess of moisture. 
In April, when the danger 
of severe frost is past, the 
seedlings are again trans- 
planted to new beds. At 
thiss time the’ tops “are 
pinched off above the sec- 
ond leaf. Two lateral 
branches develop, which 
are allowed to grow until 
each has eight or ten leaves 
and are then checked. The 
secondary branches, which 
are subsequently produced, 
are checked beyond the 
third leaf and arranged 
horizontally, in herring- 
bone fashion, under the 
hotbed sash. 
Sometimes the seed is 
sown later and the seed- 
lings are transplanted in 
May to hotbeds, the frames of which are removed as soon 
as the temperature of the atmosphere permits, so that the 
subsequent growth takes place in the open air. 
case the pruning is the same as that described above, 
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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
Two extremely curious forms of Belgian-grown American squashes 
In this 
October, 1911 
except that the branches are 
allowed to grow a little 
longer. When the first fruit 
has acquired its full size the 
branch that beans ices 
checked, so that the sap is 
thrown into the next fruit, 
and so on. 
Let us now note briefly 
the peculiarities of the most 
remarkable of these plants, 
which originated in the 
warm countries of Asia and 
have been known from 
time immemorial. The 
American pineapple melon 
is easily cultivated. There 
are two varieties, one with 
green and the other with 
red flesh. he “lattenmats 
juicy and very fragrant, but 
usually of inferior quality to 
the preceding. ‘The green 
climbing melons are vigor- 
ous, much-branched vines. 
In consequence of the small- 
ness of their green, sweet, 
and succulent fruits, which 
weigh from one to two pounds each, the long, slender stems 
can be supported by a light trellis. 
is pointed at the stem end and globular at the other. 
dark green, almost black, rind is marked with white lines. 
The muscadine melon 
The 
A field of edible gourds grown for the Paris market, showing the fruit tangled with a mass of creeping stems, leaves and stalks all over the ground 
