Archive image from page 555 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 1970 WATERMELON WATERMELON on a large scale. The following formula will be found to be vvell adapted to the average soil: Lbs. Nitrate of soda 500 High gi'ade superphosphate 1,200 Kidfate of potash (or muriate
Archive image from page 555 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 1970 WATERMELON WATERMELON on a large scale. The following formula will be found to be vvell adapted to the average soil: Lbs. Nitrate of soda 500 High gi'ade superphosphate 1,200 Kidfate of potash (or muriate of potash) 300 2,000 This is rather a high grade formula and will analyze: Per cent Nitrogen (ammonia equivalent per cent) Phosphoric acid (available) Potash (K 2 O) It may be used advantageously at the rate of from 400 to 800 lbs. per acre; the maximum amount, how- ever, will rarely be justified. An extra finish of nitrate of soda—say a thimbleful per hill —applied just after the plants are well up, will give them a good start. Planting is performed by hand and the seed put in quite shallow. Seeds should not be spared. Field mice, pigeons, poultr} crows, cockroaches and other depre- dators frequently prevent a perfect stand where but few seed are used, and the time lost thereby, when re- planting is necessitated, can never be regained. Twenty seeds to the hill is not too many —preferably rather more than less —each seed pushed down separately into the mellow soil with the forefinger to the depth of an inch or less. They should on no account be placed deeper. This forces the marauding agency—whatever it may be —to discover and destroy each seed in succes- sion, which gives some a chance to escape; whereas, if planted together in a mass, so soon as the pocket was found the seed would all be scattered or devoured at once. The process of planting as described seems slow and laborious, but it really takes much less time than 2720. The Preserving Water
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