The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1860-04-25
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THE CULTURE OF VINES.

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The time is now approaching when melons
of all kinds should be planted for the main
crop. Select a piece of good, rich, new or sod
land, more particularly for watermelons.-
Skillman,s fine Melted melons do very well on
older land, provided it is black, good and rich.
AIittezcompost or well rotted manure thrown
in or about the hill, will often double or treble
the
On good land, watemerlons should not be
planted atless than ten or twelve feetassunder,
each way between the o The only kind
that is fit to eat, is the Mountain Sweet. We
used to think others were good before we knew
how good melons tasted. Last year we used
up all our seed of MountainSwsets, and got
them pretty we'll killed by the June FROST
Having plenty of old seed, which we once
thought first rate, we planted them, They
produce well. Large, fine looking melons
give them, to those who never tasted a, Noun
tain Sweet, and they would pronounce them
frst-rate. But just giEe-those very persons a
Mountain Sweet first, then take them into the
common patch. They would invariably say,
HWhy, what ais your melons ?stThey are not
better than pumpkins !"
1t is Just as cheap raising good as poor mel
lons. Then, by all, means, procure the best
seed, give them a good distance apart, tend
well, and you will have enough for yourself
andsyour family, besides some to give to your
less industrious ~neighbors. Skillman's fine
netted is, among the nutmeg or muskmslon
family, what the Mountain Sweet is among the
misunderstanding of all the other sorts. II
Mark out the rows seven feet apart, and
plant FIVE feet between the hills. Then as
soon as all danger from frosts and bugs is over,
thin to three stalks in each hill, don't leave
more. Tend often and well. Suffer not a
weed to grow. Poor tillage will not produce
good melons of ony kind, much less of the
finer sorts. Don't neglect to put out a patch,
however small, and thus compel your sons to
sneak about and steal your more industrious. or
thoughtful n~eighbors the sin will lie at your
own door, for the boys will have them. If
they can't get them at home, they will steal
them ~ ibs17in o hss s0 5ias Tol a
OF Squashes, we have found the Hubbard
the best. Plant the same distance apart as for
Natermelonslsame kind of land. Tend the
same, but be scareful not to plant them near to-
gether, or they will mix and spoil both.
Cucumbers, too, will soon need, attention !;
they should be treated in all respects as Skill
mans fine Melted melon, but not p~lantedcnear
to each pther.- The Early White Spine, is,
much thefbesb either. Portable use, or for pick
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The little striped bug is the pest Of all these
vines. We know of no remedy Sitting
plaster over them while wet with dew is the
best, but sometimes that fails, and the vines
are-destroyed.E
The pumpkin, too, is getting to be worthy
Of more attention, especially as it falls among
corn, except on new or sod land. And as our
fruits are growing less and yet less, who would
not like to have a lot of sugar pumpkins for
pies p Plant about ten or twelve feet apart
each way, on good rich land, and tend well,
without any other crop on the same ground,
and you may expect to be well repaid next au-
The old yellow-feshed muskmelon together
with all the coarser kinds of other melons, we
consider unworthy of further cultivation.-O.
Ctltivator. Rod ss-l .yos5