. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. of the soil, the t set in a hand ivhich will alio the fic the flowers open, hand polli- nation will be resorted to if the crop be of the White Spine type. Pick a staminate flower, strip back the corolla, and insert the column of the anthers into the pistillate flower. The-English varieties are not pollinated, u
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. of the soil, the t set in a hand ivhich will alio the fic the flowers open, hand polli- nation will be resorted to if the crop be of the White Spine type. Pick a staminate flower, strip back the corolla, and insert the column of the anthers into the pistillate flower. The-English varieties are not pollinated, unless it is desired to secure seeds. Melons are certainly the most difficult of winter crops to handle. The midn niter ripening of the fruits requires more painstaking care and closer attention than any other crop. The plants, from seed-leaf to fruit, must be grown in heat without the slightest check. They should be planted on the bench in a strong, loamy soil, which is retentive enough to hold moisture at the roots but not heavy enough to become sour. No shading of the glass is required, but air should be given freely on all days when possible. The plants are trained as are cucumbers, except that the central shoot should be pinched out as soon as the plants are well established in the bench, allowing 3 or 4 lateral bmnches to grow to the height of 4 or 5 feet, wbni tliroo in turn should be pinched back. In ficiiii ^ ; im-. jt is best are open on a plant ana , , . m at the same time, as it often li:ii i - n, iiiii ii die fruit starts into growth some time before other flow- ers are pollinated, the other fruits fail to set un- til the first one reaches considerable size. Pol- lination is accomplished in the same manner as with cucumbers, and should be done on sunny days, when the houses are dry. Except during the time of setting the fruits, the house should he moist and the leaves sprayed frequently. The temperature of the melon house should run FORCING at least 5° higher than
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