HOUSE AND GARDEN 
June, 
1914 
495 
Quality Crops for the Home 
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day and a half or so in a moist, warm 
place by spreading it out on a piece of 
damp bagging or cotton, and rolling it up. 
Then, when ready to plant, mix this pre¬ 
sprouted seed with the other. That will 
give you two chances instead of one of 
striking the right sort of weather while the 
seed is germinating. Then, in covering it, 
be careful not to cover it all to the same 
depth. Scatter the seed and pull the soil 
over it with a hoe, so that it will be cov¬ 
ered from a little less than half to a little 
over three-quarters of an inch deep. And 
that will give you two or three chances 
instead of one again. As two or three 
plants will be enough for each hill, any¬ 
way, it makes no difference about the 
seed which does not come up. It is much 
better to make sure of having a few 
plants than to take a chance on losing 
or sprouting all of the seeds planted. 
In preparing the hill the soil should be 
only slightly elevated above the surround¬ 
ing surface unless the soil or the season is 
very wet. Dig out a space eighteen to 
twenty-four inches square and put in some 
very fine manure or some of the compost 
mentioned above, and mix well with the 
soil before filling the “hill” in again. Make 
the hills four or five feet apart each way. 
If one has some of the miniature or 
“melon” frames at his disposal these may 
be used and the seed planted a couple of 
weeks sooner than would otherwise be 
possible. Very often, instead of being 
planted in hills, melons and cucumbers, 
which do not require nearly so much space 
as watermelons or squash, are planted in 
continuous rows. In this case, instead of 
making hills, make a broad furrow the 
length of the row; put the fertilizer or 
manure in this, and in covering again 
ridge it slightly, with the slope to the 
south a little longer than the other. Then 
if the seeds are sown or the plants set 
on this miniature hillside, they get the 
benefit, not only of perfect drainage, but 
of a little additional warmth and protec¬ 
tion from cold north winds. 
In culture, the methods for the various 
vine crops in the home garden are much 
alike. If there is any choice as to selec¬ 
tion of locality, remember that musk- 
melons are the most dependent upon all 
the sunshine they can get. Another cul¬ 
tural direction which applies equally to 
all the curcubits is not to let a crust 
form on the soil, either between the hills 
—where there is a great temptation to 
let a crust form and the weeds start be¬ 
fore the vines begin to run — or on the 
hills themselves. Sunshine after a hard, 
beating rain will sometimes form such a 
hard crust over the hills that the seeds, 
even when they germinate, fail to push 
up through it. Should such a rain occur 
before the plants have come up, see to it 
that the surface is broken up at once 
with the fingers or a small hoe. 
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