. Beckert's garden field & flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Extra-Early Hackensack. Although the melon is a tropical fruit or vegetable, and can be grown more easily and to greater perfection in warm climates and rich, sandy soil than under other conditions, still under the colder skies of the north, and even on indifferent soils, which have been properly enriched, fine and lus- cious fruits can be grown. One of the sweetest melons I ever ate was grown in M
. Beckert's garden field & flower seeds. Commercial catalogs Seeds; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs. Extra-Early Hackensack. Although the melon is a tropical fruit or vegetable, and can be grown more easily and to greater perfection in warm climates and rich, sandy soil than under other conditions, still under the colder skies of the north, and even on indifferent soils, which have been properly enriched, fine and lus- cious fruits can be grown. One of the sweetest melons I ever ate was grown in Michigan, 45° north latitude, and fruits of Cuban Queen, weighing 69 pounds each, have been grown on cold clay soil in northern Ohio. It is not well to plant melons near cucumbers, pumpkins, or other vegetables of this class, as the pollen from the flowers will mix, and the fruits of the melons thus iDe injured. This, and heavy rains at the time of ripening, will destroy the flavor of fruits from the finest stock. MUSKMELONS. AU Muskmelon seeds will be mailed postpaid at prices quoted. Muskmelon seeds should not be planted outdoors until all danger from frost is over, and the ground has become warm and dry. The hills should be about 6 feet apart, and carefully prepared. Rich earth is far better for the young plants than manure, but if the latter must be used, see that it is well,rotted. Plantfroni 6 to 12 seeds ina hill, and when the young seedlings ar&^trong enough to resist the attacks of insects, thin them, leaving three of the strongest in each hill. The vines should have clean cuftivation until they cover the ground, and if they grow too rank, the tips of the shoots should be pinched off when the vines are about 3/nches long, thus causing them to set more fruits and develop them to finer size. An ounce of seed will plant about 80 hills. V HACKENSACK. ^ PRINCESS, or PERFECTION. A notably fine variety, with fruits having flesh so thick and seed cavity so sma
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