. Dreer's garden book 1929. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 30 /flEHB^AJREEt3m;||iam^,l,ll^^jj,lpHlIMIJ Melon Miisca, Ger. MUSKMELONS Melon Almizcleon, Sp. Melone, Ger. One ounce will plant about 50 hills; 6 to 8 lbs. in hills per acre. CULTURE —Melons thrive best in a light, rich soil, and sunshine is essential for increasing the sugar content of the melons. \Vlien the ground has become thoroughly warm, generally after middle of May, sow seeds in hills 5 to 6 feet apart
. Dreer's garden book 1929. Seeds Catalogs; Nursery stock Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. 30 /flEHB^AJREEt3m;||iam^,l,ll^^jj,lpHlIMIJ Melon Miisca, Ger. MUSKMELONS Melon Almizcleon, Sp. Melone, Ger. One ounce will plant about 50 hills; 6 to 8 lbs. in hills per acre. CULTURE —Melons thrive best in a light, rich soil, and sunshine is essential for increasing the sugar content of the melons. \Vlien the ground has become thoroughly warm, generally after middle of May, sow seeds in hills 5 to 6 feet apart each way for Muskmelons, 8 to 10 feet for Watermelons. Melon vines are ravenous feeders and for best results, a few shovelfuls of well-rotted manure should be incorporated in each hill. Scatter 12 to IS seeds on top of each hill and cover about \ inch deep. After all danger of bugs is over, thio out to three or four strongest plants per hill. A few hills for early use may be had, by sowing on pieces of sod in a hotbed, and when warm enough transplant to open ground. Melon vines are subject to the same destructive insect and fungous foes as are cucumber and squash vines. Early and repeated spraying with Bordeaux Arsenate of Lead ^Mixture is always advisable for these crops. Green Fleshed Varieties As a class the following are, perhaps, less exacting in their culture require- ments than the salmon iJeshed sorts. We recommend them for heavier soils and cooler climates. 493 Delicious Gold Lined. (See Specialties, page 7.) 15 cts.; 30 cts.; i lb., 90 cts.; lb., $ 495 Early Knight. In some sections this melon is called "Maryland," and in others "Sugar ; It is earlier than Rockj' Ford and more oval in shape, with thicker netting. The vines make a healthy growth and produce a number of fruits which lie close to the centre of the hill as shown in illustration. Skin deep green turning to golden when ripe, flesh bright green blending to light pi
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