The Tragical Kitchen Gardiner. 



it has all the advantages that either art 

 or nature is capable of furr.ifhing him 

 with. 



S E C T. II. CHAP. XIL 

 Of the properties of good melons , dec, 



HAving traced the method and man- 

 ner of railing melons from their 

 infancy to perfedion, nothing now re- 

 mains, but to fet down fomething con* 

 cerning the properties of good melons, 

 their method of ripening, and gathering 

 them, ^c. 



Mr. ^e la ^intinje, concerning me- 

 Ions, tells us, that great and pumpkin- 

 like melons are very feldom tolerably 

 good, as arriving to their bulk either 

 from the nature of their feed, or from 

 fuperfluous waterings: Wherefore (tho^ 

 as he has faid, they cannot fupport the 

 too exceffive heats without it) the lefs 

 water you give to plants (provided you 

 find them not to want it ) the better, 

 and that rather a little at a time than, 

 much ; once a week, for the moft part^ 

 is fufficient^ and I beg leave to add^ 

 that towards their time of ripening, 



none 



