. Dreer's Open-air vegetables. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. DREER S OPEN-AIR VEGETABLES. 107 and Ironclad are well-known types. The so-called Citrons are closely allied to Watermelons. Colorado Preserving Citron is a good variety. The culture of Watermelons in New Jersey, where the soil is favorable, is an industry of wide importance. Fields of these melons many acres in extent are grown there, and the product shipped to Philadelphia and elsewhere. When the season is favorable the crop is profitable, but sometimes (as in 1896) wide areas suffer from what is variously termed blight,
. Dreer's Open-air vegetables. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. DREER S OPEN-AIR VEGETABLES. 107 and Ironclad are well-known types. The so-called Citrons are closely allied to Watermelons. Colorado Preserving Citron is a good variety. The culture of Watermelons in New Jersey, where the soil is favorable, is an industry of wide importance. Fields of these melons many acres in extent are grown there, and the product shipped to Philadelphia and elsewhere. When the season is favorable the crop is profitable, but sometimes (as in 1896) wide areas suffer from what is variously termed blight, wilt or watermelon disease. The vines die suddenly, without apparent cause, the result of a stem fungus. The remedy is burning the old vines and planting in new soil. Martin McTigue, gardener at St. Joseph's Convent, Chestnut Hill, Pa., prepares hills the same as for Canta- loupes, six feet apart each way. He finds the Mountain Sweet variety suited to his soil. He grows melons weighing twenty pounds. The seed planting date is the same as for Cantaloupe ; about the middle of May, after the weather has become warm and settled. GOURDS. Gourds run into all sorts of odd shapes, from that of a " nest egg '' to that of an " Indian club.'' They are curious rather than useful, but are so ornamental that they are worthy of a place either in the flower garden or among the vegetables. They are all warm weather growers. Most of them are PUMPKINS AND SQUASHES. It is almost as difficult to tell the difference between a Pumpkin and a Squash as between a Cantaloupe and a Muskmelon. The Squash, as a rule, has a thicker stem, a. 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 Dreer, Henry A. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, H. A. Dreer
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