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obtained, a good-sized hole should be dug, and well- 
rotted manure or compost put in as liberally as the 
supply wi^l admit of, even half a barrel to the hill. 
If this kind of hills can be made, you can plant with 
seed of some of the large growing varieties, and be 
sure of success, unless your season is very short. If 
the season is too short, or if you have not the manure 
for large hills, I would recommend some of the 
smaller fruiting varieties, as they are fully as fine in 
quality, ripen early, and set more melons than the 
larger kinds. From ten to a dozen seeds should be 
sown in each hill about the last of May, or when the 
temperature does not go below 60° at night. When 
they have got a good start, thin out to two or three 
plants in a hill. 
If your melons are of the tough-rind variety, as 
