. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 86 B. K. Bliss df Sons' Catalogue. Cassaba Melon. Green Citron Melon. MELON (Musk Varieties). \Cncnimis melo, Lin.
. Bliss and Sons' illustrated hand-book for the farm and garden for 1881 : containing a list of the best known and most poplular varieties of garden, field & flower seeds, selected from our large assortment of nearly three thousand varieties with brief directions for their culture. Nursery stock New York (State) Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs; Gardening Catalogs. 86 B. K. Bliss df Sons' Catalogue. Cassaba Melon. Green Citron Melon. MELON (Musk Varieties). \Cncnimis melo, Lin. Melon, Fr. Melone, Ger. Melon Muscatel, Sp ] Culture.—Plant late in Spring, in hills five or six feet apart each way, vrell mannred -with old rotten compost; scatter a dozea seeds to a hill, and after they are out of danger from bugs, tliin to three or four plants. When they have four or five rough leaves, pinch oflF the end of the main shoot, wliich will cause the lateral branches to put forth sooner. It will strengthen the growth of the , and the fruit will come earlier to maturity. A light, dry, sandy soil, and a dry atmosphere are most suitable. Melons should not be planted near other varieties, if it is desired to preserve them pure. They have arrived at perfection when the stem will cleave from the fruit. A very rough netted skin is the most sure indication of a high- flavored fruit. The varieties are numerous, but the following are most esteemed: If by mail in quantities of 4 ounces and upwards, postage must be added at the rate of IGc. per pound. Green Citron.—Handsome, roundish fruit, flatten- ed at the ends; roughly netted all over; flesh thick, green, melting, very sweet; high flavored. Per pkt., 5 cents; oz., 15; k H)-, 30 ; lb., liarge Musk.—This is the largest variety; long, oval shaiie, deeply ribbed; flesh thick, light sal- mon colored, and of peculiar musky flavor; early and productive. This kind is used in its green state for "
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