. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds & Nursery stock, Massachusetts, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs. 32 JOSEPH BRECK & SONS (Corporation) . MARTYNIA. The seed-pcds are used for pickling, and should be gathered when green and tender. Plant in the open ground the last week ot May in rows two feet apart, making hills one foot apart in the rows; place several seeds in each hill, and when well up thin out to one plant. One ounce -will -plant fifty hills. ^ ^ pkt. Oz. Lb. Martynia Proboscidia . . . .05 .40 $4


. Annual descriptive catalogue of seeds & Nursery stock, Massachusetts, Catalogs; Flowers, Seeds, Catalogs; Vegetables, Seeds, Catalogs; Gardening, Equipment and supplies, Catalogs. 32 JOSEPH BRECK & SONS (Corporation) . MARTYNIA. The seed-pcds are used for pickling, and should be gathered when green and tender. Plant in the open ground the last week ot May in rows two feet apart, making hills one foot apart in the rows; place several seeds in each hill, and when well up thin out to one plant. One ounce -will -plant fifty hills. ^ ^ pkt. Oz. Lb. Martynia Proboscidia . . . .05 .40 $ MELON (Musk). German, Melone. — French, Alelott. — Spanish, Melon. Melons prefer a warm, light, sandy loam; being tender plant- ings, should not be made before middle of May. Plant about six seeds, half-inch deep, in hills five to six feet apart each way. The hills should have at least a peck of well-rotted compost thoroughly stirred into each of them before the seed is planted. When well grown thin out to three plants in a hill, if an earlier crop than this method of cultivation allows is desired, the directions given for growing early cucumbers may be followed. One ounce will plant about sixty hills. Txvo pounds -v ill plant a>i Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Joseph Breck & Sons; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. Boston, M. A. : Joseph Breck & Sons


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