year after, accordiag to whaihehath faid in his Book of the 
$j(leme of Smm. 
An Extraft 
of Dek Qaintlny V Letter , mitten to the Publiflier in French 
fometime agoe^ concerning his way of ordering Melons 5 nor^ com* 
municated in Englifti fcr the fatisfaUion of fever d curiom 
Meknifts in England, 
IShallnowatifwer to that panicolir of yoor Letter, which 
coiiCQX^r^ Melons, z% ex.^dly %% I can. All the Seeds, I fenc yoOj 
produce Melons with a thin and -^what embroiderM skio^ not 
divided by Ribbs: Some m chem h^'^^e their skin whitifli^ 
others of tbi^ Ci lour of 5/4^^, Th^ Mdons themfelves are noc 
very great 5 their flefli very red dry^ melting upon the tongue 5 
not mealy, and of a high tifte. And thefe are the two onely 
kinds, which, after I have tried above an hundred different fortSj 
I makeufe of, and fend you, not having obferv'd any change in 
them, afcer the ufe of 30 yesr$. 
As to the manner of cutting them, you know, that the firft 
thing appearing of chera, are two Leaves united,here called Bm 
(mark\ mFigureW.hy i.i.) Ontof the midft of thefe two Ears 
there ftioots, fome days afcer^ firft one Leaf, which we call the 
fir [I Le^f ox Knot (market 2,) and out of the fame place, after 
fome days raore,(hoots ^fecond, C2ilM thefec&nd knot (mtrk'c 3 .) 
Out of about the midft of the Stalk of this fecond knot (hoots 
ihQ third knot {mtxk'z 4.) And this knot it is, which muft 
be cut at the place raarkc 6. without hurting the branch of the 
fecond knor, whence this third came 5 becaufe that from that 
place will fpring a branch, which we call the firjl Arm>tnd this 
Arm will Ihooc forth firft one knot, then afecond,then a thirds 
and this third it is, you are to cut again in the fame manner, as 
was faid before. And you muft be carefbl to cut thefe third knots, 
without ft lying for the (hooting of iht fourth or fifth ones. Youl 
feeoutof every knot come forth Arms or Branches like to the 
frftS^ohtn of before 5 and it is at thofe Arms, that the Melon 
will be produced. And they will be good, if the foot or root be 
Well nouri(h't in good earthy and cheri(h't by a good hot-bed a id 
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