July. 
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the due Bere, and at the neceflary Timeé 
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only. 
He may give it to thofe Trees whofe Fruit is 
give it with a very moderate Hand to thofe which. July. 
have full-grown Fruit, andare ripening it. Thus 
he may always keep the Trees in order, and pre- 
taking its Growth; and either refrain entirely, ot | ferve and eae all ihe Fruit left upon them. 
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SECTION IW. 
HIS Week fet a Piece of Ground be dug 
up, and fome Colewort-Seed fown upon it 
with Care, for the Ufe of the fucceeding Spring. 
Thefe Crops which are to be fown fo long before | 
the Time of ufing, are apt to be neglected more. 
than any others; but the Gardener is fure to be | 
forry for fuch Neglect. 
There is very little Trouble in putting them 
into the Ground in Time; and they want only 
Weeding and Watering afterwards till the Seafon 
of Tranfplanting ; after which they will ftand the 
Winter without Danger, and come in for Ufe at 
a Seafon when there is little elfe. 
Another Piece fhould be dug up for the tranf- 
planting of Broccoli; and after this the whole 
Ground being weeded, and the young Crops wa- 
tered as they require, all will be put into good 
Order. 
The Care of Melons at this Time is a mOy nice 
and delicate Article. : 
‘The Gardener has been fo often told how wrong. 
it is to give them too much Water now the Fruit 
is taking its laft Growth, that he allows them 
~ none; but this is a Practice as falfe as the other. 
We have ordered him to lay a Piece of Tile under 
the feveral Fruits, to prevent the Damps of the 
Ground from chilling and rotting them ; and this - 
will have the farther good Effect of reflecting the 
Sun-beams upon them to ripen them; but ’tis 
the fame in thefe as in the Fruit on Trees, too 
much Sun and no Water will fpoil them. The 
fame Caution is to be-obferved ; and Moderation 
is the Rule. 
Once in three'Days it will be proper to give the 
Plants a moderate Watering; and this fhould be 
done with great Care, not to wet the Branches or 
the Fruit: only to give Moifture to the Mould in 
which the extreme Roots run. 
Upon this Subject of Melons, we have been 
or th KITCHEN-GARDEN. 
favoured. with an eafy and excellent Method of 
| raifing them in Places where there are Stoves, and 
fhall give it in the Words of our ingenious Corre- _ 
fpondent. 
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« The Gardener who has the Advantage of a 
 Pine-Stove, may raife Melons on it with little 
‘© Trouble. The general Method of building 
<6 them now is with a Flue, which runs round both 
‘© the Ends and the Front. Upon thefe Flues I 
<< have raifed fome very early and finely flavoured 
| © Melons, in this Manner: 
“ J make Boxes four Foot long, two Foot 
‘© broad, and ten Inches deep : shee I fill with 
<< the richeft and fineft Mould, and place them 
“on the Flues, fupporting them at the Height 
‘¢ of two Inches from the Top of the Flue, by 
<¢ half a Dozen Pieces of Brick-bat, 
‘¢ neceflary on two Occafions: it prevents the 
«¢ Earth from drying too faft, and the Box of 
‘© Earth from hindering the rifing of the Heat 
‘¢ for the warming of the Air in the Stove. 
“< The Time of fowing thefe, and the ge- 
“¢ neral Management, are the fame with thofe of 
*¢ Melon-Plants raifed in the common Way; and 
“¢ it is beft to raife only one ftrong Plant in each. 
** Box; or two if lefs vigorous. 
= Tins, which f have done fuccefsfully, I thall 
*¢ be glad if you will publifh for the Ufe of my 
“¢ Brother Gardeners who. have the fame Conve- 
| °* niences:” I am, 
SiR 
Your mot bumble Servant, 
T. BARNES. 
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