Archive image from page 52 of Currie's garden annual 1939. Currie's garden annual : 1939 curriesgardenann19curr_5 Year: 1939 ( MUSKMELON —Rocky Ford WATERMELON-Dixie Queen dfie Old 9aAdejn£Ji dcu — aUul CANTELOUPE Nothing is more delicious than a sweet, ripe melon that is 'just right' for eating. You can't get them at the store, because melons shipped for the markets are usually gathered too immature, and the chill of refrigerator cars make it impossible for the natural flavor to develop. Even when you grow melons in your own garden you must watch for the proper time to gather them. The sign
Archive image from page 52 of Currie's garden annual 1939. Currie's garden annual : 1939 curriesgardenann19curr_5 Year: 1939 ( MUSKMELON —Rocky Ford WATERMELON-Dixie Queen dfie Old 9aAdejn£Ji dcu — aUul CANTELOUPE Nothing is more delicious than a sweet, ripe melon that is 'just right' for eating. You can't get them at the store, because melons shipped for the markets are usually gathered too immature, and the chill of refrigerator cars make it impossible for the natural flavor to develop. Even when you grow melons in your own garden you must watch for the proper time to gather them. The signs that tell on experi- enced eye when a melon is 'ready' are rather difficult to describe, but can be recognized with a little practice. First, examine the stem ends of the fruit. If no cracks appear around the stem union, the fruit is too immature to gather. Wait until cracks show all around the stem and the fruit has a certain color and a sort of 'glisten' that you'll come to recognize. Don't let the fruit ripen too fully on the vine, as this impairs the flavor. After gathering, keep the melons in a warm place for day two before eati you'll have wonderful 'just right' fruit. —aUut ONIONS Wherever possible, onions should be grown from seed, because this method produces a much better quality of onion. Dry onions, produced from sets, ore us'jolly of rather poor quality, and don't keep well. Green, or bunching onions, can be grown from sets or multiplier bulbs, and the home gardener generally uses sets for the earliest green onions. However, better quality is gained when onions are grown from seed. Onions need well-drained, rich soil.
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