The TraBical Kitchen Gardiner. 



of which I have this year receiv*d from 

 France, and is fo callM, for that in hot 

 climates they drink water after them, 

 but in colder without difpute wine is to 

 be prefcrr'd. 



1 note, that the early melons a^e ge- 

 nerally the fmalleft, and the middle 

 fiz'd and largeft fucceed each other ac- 

 cording to their weight and fize, and is 

 of fo cooling and exhilarajlng a nature 

 in a good year, when they are fweet, 

 dry, weighty and well fed, that they 

 are not only fuperior to all the gourd 

 kind, but equal if not excelling the 

 noblcft produdions of the garden. 



There are feveral matters that are ve- 

 ry eflentiaily neceffary to be confidered 

 and prepared for the melonry, before a 

 gentleman can proceed with any tolera- 

 ble profpcd of fuccefs, as alfo feveral 

 things to be premifed relating to the 

 government and fecurity of them, all 

 which I fhall treat of in the following 

 order. As firft, the fituation, earth, wa- 

 ter and covering proper for them. Se- 

 condly, of the properties of the feed, 

 age and manner of faving and keeping it. 

 Thirdly, of the time and method for fow- 

 ing melons, making the hot-bed culture 



after 



