HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
MUSKMELONS— SPECIAL SORTS FOR UNDER 
GLASS AND PACIFIC COAST CONDITIONS 
E XPERT care and considerable experience are re- 
quired to grow melons successfully indoors out of 
season. For this reason and because melons are more 
exacting in their requirements than most other green- 
house crops, their growing under glass is practised largely 
under the supervision of competent gardeners. They are 
generally grown as a companion crop with beans. 
Blenheim Orange and Sutton’s Emerald Gem (shown 
above) are both English varieties of unquestioned merit. 
They bear fruits from ioo to 115 days after sowing. 
On the Pacific Coast melons or cantaloupes thrive to 
perfection. They grow to great size. 
The smaller sorts of the Jenny Lind type are preferred 
for the home garden. The Cassaha or Yellow Pineapple 
Melon is esteemed as a winter keeper. California Large 
Nutmeg and Montreal Nutmeg are two large, green-fleshed 
sorts in popular favor in the large cities. 
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