Sauk Rapids frontierman. [volume] (Sauk Rapids, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1860, 1855-12-27

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fcor in passing through field, much
difference may be seen in the develop
.nents of different plans. True extra
neous circumstances may may often
cause much of this difference. But
plants may be observed that, in them
selves, SO to speak, possess greater
inherent vigor, as is shown in the foil
age, in an increased number of ears,
that are better developed and perhaps
earlier. 1t is unqnestionably as much
law in vegetable as in animal physiolo-
gy. that good or bad qualities nay be
equally transmitted from parent to Off
spring. Let, then, each one for himself
strive to search out Natures laws, and
walk in the strai ght paths that are there
by opened to the understanding A
good method--perhaps the best--in the
selection Of seed corn, is to pass thro'
the field before it is fully ripe, and Sc
lect the very best developed ears from
the earliest and most vigorous plants
At all events, the selection should not
be delayed beyond the husking time.
Such choice ears as are selected should
have a few husks left attached by which
they may be braided into convenient
siran, when they should be hung in airy
place, neither too warm nor too
cold, so that the moisture of the
cob aud kernel can readily cvaporatc,
and the parts become fully consolidated.
In this condition, such seed will MAIN
tain its vitality for years, and where
such course is pursued from year to
year, if the cultivation of the soil and
| crop IS alike thorough, there will be
SHOWN decided improvement that will
tell better than ten per cent in the
pocket. SO with all other seeds first
obtain the choicest you can, then strive
your best to improve them by judcious
selection. Then you will always have
crops and products worthy to select
from, and will ncver have to com
plain of disappointments from poor seed
procured at random nor will you find
any necessity for changing your seeds
for fear of their running out. A disre-
gard of natures principles in these res
poets may not only run out the seed,
but the seeders also--at the little end of
the horn, by which time the victims are
pretty well convinced that they slipped
through some other horn than that of
plenty.
The GLASS MELoN.--This is small
melon, known to some as the pomegran-
ate melon, and is used for preserving.
making very delicate and transparent
preserve it is highly esteemed for this
purpose. We received samnIe Of
seeds, last spring, from lady in Geor-
gia, and have saved few Of them. To
| any Of our readers who wish to try the
| fruit, and will address us, enclosing a
prepaid envelope, with their P. o. adj
dress, or will leave their names with Mr..
Welton, the President of our Agricul-
turf Society, we will cheerfully give
small sample Of seed for trial another
season.
Of the method Of preserving it, Miss
Hanson, the lady alluded to, wrote as
follows - The glass melon should be
planted and cultivated like the water
melon. When fully grown, but yet
green, they should be gathered for pre-
serving. Peel them as you would an
apple, make hole in one end large
enough to remove the seed, and throw
them into strong brine. Let them re-
main week or ten days. When the
melons become a little transparent in