The Home Garden 



If the beetle attacks the plants treat as 

 advised for cucumber. It is a good plan to 

 prevent the beetle from getting at them by 

 placing boxes covered with netting about the 

 young plants, when first set out. 



It is an open question as to which kind of 

 melon is most popular. Perhaps one enjoys 

 as much popularity as the other. The rich, 

 aromatic sweetness of the muskmelon appeals 

 to one, while his neighbor declares the sugary, 

 juicy, melting tenderness of the watermelon 

 to be the perfection of all that is desirable in 

 fruit. It is simply a question of taste — ^in the 

 gastronomic sense of the term. Every garden 

 ought to contain both kinds. 



Perhaps the most popular variety of musk- 

 melon at present is Rocky Ford. This sort is 

 of the netted type, medium in size, with a 

 flavor unsurpassed in sweetness and rich qual- 

 ity, its flesh firm and fine-grained, but with a 

 delicious, melting tenderness which reminds 

 one of a perfectly ripe peach. 



Defender is another superior variety. This 

 has the same meritorious qualities of Rocky 

 Ford in a great degree, but its flesh is a 

 rich yellow while that of the other is a light 



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