HOUSE AND GARDEN 
496 
June, 
1914 
Porch 
Shades 
Hall Way- 
It’ll Do 
More Than 
That for 
Your 
Health! 
Outside it’s breathless! Indoors 
it’s close with the stuffiness of dead¬ 
ened air between walls. Move to 
the porch! Change it from a place 
where the glare is to a place where 
the air is by putting in 
Vudor 
While other people swelter in dining rooms 
you’ll have appetite. While they toss in 
bedrooms you’ll sleep calmly. Your nerves 
will be soothed, bathed into health by that 
great nerve specialist, Pure Air. You’ll say, 
“ Why didn’t I think of that before?” 
Vudor Shades let people see out but not in. 
They admit air but exclude heat. They last 
—for their light, strong wooden strips are 
lock-stitched together by fish-net twine that 
won’t rot. They’re stained indelibly—not 
painted. Their durability is enormously in¬ 
creased by double warps at both edges, while 
very wide shades have double warps at inter¬ 
vals throughout their width. Vudor shades 
measure a drop of 8 ft. when in use against 
the 7J-2 ft. drop of most other shades. They 
sell at a less price than the competitive shades 
which lack Vudor Special features. Made in 
all shades—to harmonize with the color of 
your house. From $3 to $10 will probably 
equip your porch. Send for samples for 
bungalows — in special colors. 
Send for Booklet 
of Vudor Shades and Hammocks and name of nearest 
Vudor dealer. 
HOUGH SHADE CORPORATION 
261 MILL STREET JANESVILLE, WIS. 
Makers of the famous Re-enforced Hammocks— 
the only hammocks with re-enforced 
centers and double-strength 
end cording. _ ^ 
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Muskmelons are of two types, as far 
as color of flesh is concerned — the green- 
fleshed and the salmon-fleshed. Some 
people prefer one and some the other. 
Personally I prefer the latter; but the 
green-fleshed sorts are as a rule better 
shippers, and therefore one is more apt 
to find them in the markets. They also 
vary greatly in regard to size. The 
smaller round sorts, with comparatively 
smooth surface, such as Jenny Lind and 
Hackensack, are earlier. The larger, oval 
sorts are sometimes termed cantaloupes, 
though in some sections this term is used 
for all muskmelons. They prefer a slight¬ 
ly heavier soil and require a longer and 
cooler season of growth. There is a new, 
or “bush,” form of muskmelon which 
promises much for the small garden. It 
may be planted as close as three feet 
apart each way. The fruit set close about 
each hill, and the “vines” are very 
dwarfed. There are a large number of 
good varieties of both the green- and the 
salmon-fleshed sorts. Personally I use 
Netted Gem (Rocky Ford) for an early, 
green-fleshed sort, and a few hills of 
Montreal Nutmeg, which is less certain, 
but of superfine flavor when the season is 
favorable for a late. Of the salmon- 
fleshed sorts, Fordhook and Spicy are 
the sorts I grow, although Emerald Gem, 
Osage, Burrell Gem and Paul Rose are 
all fine sorts. Ripeness is indicated by a 
softening of the fruit and a change in the 
appearance of the stem, which cracks at 
the fruit and separates easily from it. 
They should be picked then and kept 
until wanted in a dry place. 
The extra-early cucumbers are small 
and inferior in flavor. For home use 
there is no better sort than Davis Per¬ 
fect, a splendid type of White Spine. 
Where the seasons are very hot and dry 
it is advisable to make a second plant¬ 
ing a month or so after the first to fur¬ 
nish fruits for late fall. The cucumber 
should always be cut clean and not pulled 
from the vines; and all the fruit should 
be gathered whether there is use for 
them or not, if the productivity of the 
vines is to be kept up. Fruits that get 
too large may be used for large pickles 
or allowed to get nearly ripe and sliced 
or cooked in batter in much the same 
way as egg-plant. 
Of squashes there are also a number 
of types, such as summer and winter, 
bush and running. In the small garden 
the bush summer varieties are very de¬ 
sirable, as very few fruits will be wanted, 
and these take up very little room. 
Either the scalloped or the crook¬ 
necked type may be grown. Both, however, 
should be used while still comparatively 
young and while the skin or shell is soft 
enough to be readily indented with the 
finger-nail. There are a few varieties 
which are good for both summer and 
winter use. The best of these are Ford- 
hook and Delicata. The former of these 
may be had in either running or bush 
Sun Parlors 
Greenhouses 
Conservatories 
In fact we build every kind of’a house for 
flowers and sunshine. 
King Channel Bar’Greenhouses 
take their name from a type of iron frame 
construction original with us. By a clever 
use of iron channel bars we are able to do 
away with thick frames and supports and 
build a greenhouse that looks as if its walls 
and roof were all glass. Yet the house is 
stronger than the old-fashioned houses 
that looked as if there were more sup¬ 
ports than glass. 
Flowers, Palms, Vegetables 
and all growing things need sunshine from 
early morning to late afternoon. The vari¬ 
ous types of King Iron frame construction 
eliminate shadow casting supports, and 
make King Greenhouses both productive 
and artistic. 
One of these forms of construction is just suited to 
that greenhouse you have always planned to have. 
Write today for Bulletin No. AT. After you have 
looked it over you can decide what type pleases 
you—then, our service department will furnish 
plans and estimates without charge or obligation. 
Better write today — 
King Construction Company 
272 Kings Road, North Tonawanda, N.Y. 
“ All the Sunlight All Day Houses” 
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