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Richard Frotscher's Almanac and Garden Manual 



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Note.. — The above cut represents the New Orleans Melon; it has been taken from a common spe- 

 cimen grown by one of my customers, who raises the seed of this variety for me. 



vicinity. If the best and earliest specimens are selected for seed, in three 

 or four years the fruit will be large and fine. 



MELON-(Water.) 



Melon d'Eau, (Ft.) Wassermelone, (Ger.) Sandia, (Sp.) 



Mountain Sweet. Ice-Cream (White seeded.) 



Mountain Sprout. Orange Water. 



Improved Gipset. 



Water Melon will grow and produce in places where Canteloupe will 

 not do well. The soil for this plant should be light and sandy. Plant in 

 hiils about eight feet apart, eight to twelve seeds in a hill ; when the 

 plants are well up thin out to three. The plants should be hoed often, 

 and the ground between hills kept clean till the vines touch. 



Mountain Sweet Water Melon. 



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