. The book of a thousand gardens;. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. 30 THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND GARDENS they got a taste of the melons they were wild with delight. We had good ones of every variety, but the Princess watermelon and the Daisy Cantaloupe beat everything else out of sight. They were not the largest, but they matured such large numbers of delicious melons. At the approach of the frosty weather, every Princess, even though not more than four weeks from the bloom, matured. I never saw the like with any other melon. In quality they were belter than the best of any other kind. To
. The book of a thousand gardens;. Vegetable gardening. [from old catalog]. 30 THE BOOK OF A THOUSAND GARDENS they got a taste of the melons they were wild with delight. We had good ones of every variety, but the Princess watermelon and the Daisy Cantaloupe beat everything else out of sight. They were not the largest, but they matured such large numbers of delicious melons. At the approach of the frosty weather, every Princess, even though not more than four weeks from the bloom, matured. I never saw the like with any other melon. In quality they were belter than the best of any other kind. To farmers in irrigation districts, I may say, keep the water out of the hills or ridges, let it sub into them, and one good soaking in deep furrows is better than half a dozen hurried dashes of water. Flooding is not best for anything I have tried this year. Give us Field's seeds for this great, irrigated Northwest. E. McCuLLEY, Arco, Idaho. ONIONS FROM SEED PAY BEST. From R. S. McLean, Humboldt, Kansas. Although this has been a bad year, we have done fairly well. I took fifteen premiums at lola County Fair. I was going to lake a wagon loaded with vegetables in the street parade at Humboldt, but was prevented by rain. I took three premiums there (all from your seeds). I have two acres in truck fenced with chicken wire. Onions from seed pays best for the amount of ground. I raised twenty-five bushels on one-eighth acre, saleable onions, and plenty of small ones left. Those Prizetaker onions took the prize and sold for $ per bushel. Oh, those Taft radishes beats everything. I took one to the exhibit that drew the at- tention of every one. I took premiums on beets and big squashes. In short we have lots of vegetables of every color and de- scription. The way to have a good garden is first good ground, or make it so, then good, pure seed and lots of work. Don't go off visiting and expect to have a big ^ Prize Winning Vegetables in Kansas R. S. McLean, Humboldt, Kansas.
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