. Australian Garden and Field. September, 1913 THE (JAIIDRN AND FIELD. 166 Notes for September. — Melons. September uuiv be said to mark the beg'inninjj of siitnmer wgvtalile jj-ardening. Many people will, of course, have raised seedlings al- read}', but for the majority who buy their seetUings or wait till summer stuff is sowable outside this is a very im])ortant month. It is the nature of the i season ra- ther than the date on the almanac which should be the real guide. It is not of much use planting meloais, cucumbers, etc., till there is some life and wanrAh in the ground, nor on the other
. Australian Garden and Field. September, 1913 THE (JAIIDRN AND FIELD. 166 Notes for September. — Melons. September uuiv be said to mark the beg'inninjj of siitnmer wgvtalile jj-ardening. Many people will, of course, have raised seedlings al- read}', but for the majority who buy their seetUings or wait till summer stuff is sowable outside this is a very im])ortant month. It is the nature of the i season ra- ther than the date on the almanac which should be the real guide. It is not of much use planting meloais, cucumbers, etc., till there is some life and wanrAh in the ground, nor on the other hand is it good to waste any time when once the soil is right, rather risk a few perished seeds. All the beans, except the broad bean, all the cucumber tribe, tomatoes, Cape Gooseberries, egg fruit, capsicums, sugar corn. New Zealand spinach, etc., will want pretty at- tention More heat than the cucumber, but less mani'ire and less water, otherwise just the same treatment about sums up the melons' raents. Tliough very much liked by some people it does not seem to be a generally ijspular fruit. It is by no means dilFicult to grow first class melons, but it wants more care than others of the .same group. A well prepared rooting place, with a fair quantity of old manure, dug in also some sandy road sweepings, if the ground is very stiff, is , the first step towards good melons. A nice pocket of well-decayed leaf mould is an ex- cellent help to starting the seed- lings thriftily. There are a num- ber of good Varieties, red and green fleshed,, heavily and lightly netted. Amateur gardeners will not be able to find much fault with the follow- ing half dozen: Long Island, Beauty, Banquet, Cham} ion Market, Rocky Ford, Hackensack, and Paul Rose. They may not be the best six but they are at any a very good six, with plenty of variety. — Tomato. — Tomato seed may be sown in the open during this month, and with care should come along and quick- Iv make
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