PREFACE. XIX 



of considerable importance to gardeners in 

 general in enhancing the value of their fruit, by 

 rendering it much superior to that produced by 

 the common method. 



The directions I have given with regard to 

 the melon, will be found to explode all that 

 difficulty which gardeners have usually imagined 

 exists in the production of this choice fruit. The 

 description given of my method of culture, will 

 at once evince the simplicity of its process, and 

 show the certainty of its result. 



Having explained the motives which induced 

 me to undertake this work, I have only to 

 observe, that the system has been productive 

 of great advantage to myself, in enabling me to 

 supersede my contemporaries in several annual 

 shows, by obtaining the prize ; and, to render 

 this effective to every person, the principal thing 

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