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a good bush type would mean melons in 
every home garden. Fordhook, a new 
salmon-fleshed sort, has attained great 
popularity, and is one of the finest quality 
melons I have ever raised, and a very 
strong grower. It usually sets several 
melons so close to the hill that they touch 
each other. The Spicy Cantaloupe is de¬ 
scribed as having “the nearest approach in 
appearance and flavor to the greenhouse- 
grown foreign melons." I think this is a 
fair description. I prefer the taste to that 
of any other melon I have eaten, but it did 
not withstand the drought so well as Ford- 
hook. Hoodoo, Davis White Seeded and 
Melting Sugar are others which have won 
wide favoritism. 
Watermelon. — In many small gardens 
there is no room for these far-spreading 
heat-lovers. Halbert Honey and Yellow 
Ice Cream are two excellent sorts for use 
north of New Jersey. Give the lightest, 
warmest soil available, and start early, 
protecting carefully from hugs until well 
vined. 
Onions. — Prizetaker is now almost as 
well known as any of the old varieties, and 
for the home garden I consider it un¬ 
equaled. With me for main crop, two or 
more acres, it has replaced all others. 
Ailsa Craig is a new English sort which 
attains a huge size when started under 
glass and transplanted. Its quality is un¬ 
surpassed. 
To get the largest specimens of any 
variety, seeds should be sown during Feb¬ 
ruary in a low temperature. The little 
seedlings stand transplanting readily, and 
are easily grown, the tops being cut back 
two or three times to keep them stocky. 
Peas. — Gradus is still by all means the 
most popular early wrinkled pea, making 
up in size and quality for its somewhat 
shy bearing. Early Morn, I think, is an 
improvement in being more prolific. Blue 
Bantam, being sent out this year, will 
probably he another claimant for honors 
in this class. Boston Unrivaled — an im¬ 
proved Telephone — is another excellent 
and free-growing main crop. Carter’s 
Quiet Content, recently brought from 
England, produces the most enormous 
pods I have ever seen, and the quality is 
superb. Royal Salute is another fine sort. 
Giant Sugar Sword is a good new “edible- 
podded” pea. As with beans, plant shal¬ 
low for first plantings. Get your supports 
in before the vines begin to run. 
Pepper. — Neapolitan is a new extra 
early of value; Chinese Giant is a new 
sort of truly gigantic size, and sweet as an 
apple. For home use it is the best yet. 
Radish. — Rapid-Red and Crimson Giant 
(or Globe) are two new round red sorts. 
Of the numerous other types there is not 
room for a description here. 
Spinach. — Victoria, a savoy-leaved or 
crinkled type, is the best for the home gar¬ 
den, and has the merit of standing long 
before bolting to seed. For riiy own use, 
Swiss chard has almost entirely sup¬ 
planted the spinaches, as it can be cut 
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