The TraStical Kitchen Gardiner. 



eleven till two, or rather, in excefllve 

 weather, till three a clock j which ex- 

 cefllve heat is not only too violent for 

 the young fruit, but alfo exhaufts and 

 confumes (as that laborious author tells 

 us) all the humidity that is neceffary to 

 both root and branches. To go on with 

 him : It is alfo requifite to cover the 

 melonry, when it rains much, left too 

 much moifturc prejudice the fruit 5 all 

 which requires a great deal of care, and 

 no fmall pains ; tho' the regular proceed- 

 ings be, to all true lovers of gardening, 

 a real pleafure. 



In the fetting or knitting of mzlons^ Things to k 

 the ridge fhould be well lined on the ^"'^^ ^^^^ 

 back-fide with good new dung, two or^^/Jf;. 

 three foot thick, in order to ftrike frefh 

 heat into it, if it be any way decaying, 

 which is very often, in referving the 

 other fide, and the inter- fpaces between 

 ridge and ridge, a little longer; and 

 note, that on your firft ridges, you may 

 raife the melon plants you fhall want 

 for your fecond and third crops, with- 

 out the trouble of making new beds 

 for that purpofe. And in about a fort- 

 night or three weeks after the ridges be- 

 gin to fruit, fill up all the inter-fpaces 

 G 4 between 



