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neither can he be altogether wanting at 

 that time; though it muft be confeiVd 

 that all fuch feed fhould be faved from 

 the firft main crop , or to fpeak more 

 intelligibly, the firft melons that are fet 

 on the ridges. 

 oftheheef' The next thing I would recommend 

 ing of the to the care of the curious, is to keep 

 their feed (after having well clean d and 

 dry'd it in a moderate fun) is to put 

 it up in paper bags, and the kinds be- 

 ing numbred, or wrote on and referred 

 to, let it be put in a room not very 

 damp nor very dry, for the one would 

 mold the feed, and the other dry it up ; 

 but in a middling room, where the air 

 nor damp has much power, opening 

 the bags and ftirring the feeds once a 

 month, or thereabouts 5 and in winter, 

 damp, cold, wet weather, to take the 

 advantage of a warm fun-fhiny day to 

 fpread them open, and dry them, and 

 then put them up in their bags again, 

 and place them from whence they were 

 brought. 



Your fituation, earth, glalTcs, feed, &c. 

 being thus prepared beforehand, and eve- 

 ry thing in a readinefs, the careful me- 

 lonift is to confider about the time, me- 

 thod 



