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to six inches. Hoe often, drawing the earth'close up to them. If desired to 

 blanch them very^white, transplant into trenches, and earth up as^they grow, 

 like Celery. 



liETTUCE. 



Fr. Laitue. Ger. Lattich-salat. 



1 EARLY CURLED SILESIA, 4 LARGE DRUMHEAD, 



2 EARLY WHITE HEAD, 5 FRANKFORT HEAD. 



3 EARLY BOSTPN CURLED, 6 PHU.ADELPHIA BUTTER, 



7 FERRY'S EARLY PRIZE HEAD. 



Kinds. — Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are considered best for early use; Nos. 4 and 5 

 are old and well-known standard varieties; No. 7 is the best for main crop, for 

 market, or for family use. It will keep longer in season than any other kind, 

 is prompt to head, slow to seed, and of "excellent flavor and very tender. 



Culture — For early use, sow under glass, with slight heat, in March. 

 For later supplies, sow in open ground as soon as the season will permit; trans- 

 plant to one foot apart, and keep well cultivated. 



xnEIiOiV, MUSK. 



Fr. Melon. Ger. Melone. 



1 EARLY YELLOW CANTELOUPE, 5 IMPROVED GREEN NUTMEG, 



2 LONG YELLOW, 6 PINE APPLE, 



3 SKILLMANIS FINE NETTED, 7 ALLEN'S SUPERB, 



4 GREEN NUTMEG, 8 GREEN PERSIAN, 



9 NEW WHITE JAPAN. 



Kinds.— Nos. ,5 and 9 will be found to be the earliest and best Musk Melons 

 in cultivation; Nos. 7, 8 and 4 are very popular market sorts; No. 3 is very 

 sweet and delicious and good for general crop; No. 6 resembles the Pine Apple 

 in flavor. 



Culture. — Select a good sandy soil; enrich thoroughly with decomposed 

 stable manure. Plant in hills six feet apart each way, eight or ton seeds in a 

 hill, and when well up, thin out to three or four plants in a hill. 



MELiON, WATEK. 



Fr. Melon dean. Ger. Wasscrmrlone. 



1 l,()N(; ISLAND, 3 MOUNTAIN SWEET, 



•2 15LA(K SI'AMSII, 4 MOUNTAIN SPROUT, 



.5 CITRON, FOR PRESERVES. 



Kinds. — No. 4 is the earliest kind; No. 3 the best on the whole for gen- 

 eral crop; No. 2 is a very delicious red-cored sort; No. 1 is the'popular market 

 variety; No. .') is used only for preserves. 



CiLTURE. — Prepare the ground the same as for Musk Melons, giving tlioin 

 the same culture, but plant eight feet apart each way. They should never be 

 planted in the vicinity of other vines, as they will liybridi/.e. Seed two years 

 old is preferable to plant. 



