_How to Grow Melons for Market._
Illustrated. Price 30 Cents, postpaid, by mail.
Our cash prizes for best essays on this subject were won by Mr. J. E.
Rue, Jr., of Littleton, N. C.; Mr. J. T. Rosa, of Waverly Mills, S.
C, and special prize for merit by Wm. Bailey, Esq., of Zanesville,
Ohio. In order to present the subject to our readers in the most
comprehensive and concise manner, we have compiled from these essays
and our own experience a treatise that we think will be of value to
every melon grower. It treats of both Musk Melons and Watermelons,
with full information on the selection of soil, use and application of
manures, selection of suitable and profitable varieties, planting the
seed, destruction of insects, copious notes on cultivation of the crop,
how to grow extra large melons, how and when to gather for market, and
how to preserve for late use.
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