Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-06
GOOD HOUSEKEEPING.
by Henrietta Grnuel.
FACTS ABOUT MUSK MELONS.

Which is better. Juicy, sweet, rpf
| mis<mclons, or ripe, sweet Juicy water,
melons? There is almost riot. az you al
| rise To answer: we decide, without tin
| fairness to either, that it is better to have
| both than neither
You planted melons in the garden AMI
the soil was too cold and ~ you replant-
| ed, They came above ground, vigorous
| and largc-leaved. and soon were all CLEAN.
| ing with briphtly-veined bugs. We al
| had these bugs, 40 be comfortcd. In the
| south, they raise melons so much better
than we do, and enjoy shipping them up t.
,is. Even Canada has better success with
melons than We middle-Statc folks, and
between our kind neiRhbors II ~ possible
TO have "a bath and banquet almost
| any day from June Ia late October.
There ARE. mt least a dozen varieties oi
muskmelons to choose from. Each Inns ita
own peculiar flavor and it's own admirers
Some women declare Won cannot tell any
more about melon before IL Is cut than
Won can about the contents oi tablp
drawer before IT IL opened Dealers can
tell however, So this iq surely an eXaRRera-
ton All nutmeg melons. especially
Rocky Fords are ms rough as a ball ol
cordagc. outside, but nre lined with gold
en- mouthfuls sweet as honey Having
once inhaled the rich aroma ri perfectly
ripcncd melon, can YOU ever be deceiHed
by the rank odor Of the green ono?
The Rocky Forda are more delIeate
than the larger melons, their iiesh IS not
So mushy rs the orange meated eanta-
loupes Then. there IL new melon n
least IL is new ON this market which =
long. like cucumber. and u called
snake melon md is sliecd ~ rounds IN
81 4 II -, Il haItsga
Melons are ao perlshahle that they
must be Grated rs cnrrfnlIy M peaches.
and some varieties do not bear shipping
which Is why very good varieties are
unknown To- lovers Of good eating who
dwell far from I4valan melon patches.
But listen. war gardener anada grows
melon under cold frames Montreal has
produced nuskmelons under frames
melons which measured twelve inches
acrnss. and which weighed twenty pounds
Now put your Yankee ingenuity r. work
The smooth skinned casaba - French
product. usually Il IS pale pumpkin
shade but have Ecen them IN hotels ot =
slight olive green color The nent -
sometimes creamy md often u If white,
and when we'll rpcned It can he eaten down
tu the very rlnd These melons do not
come until later, though now California
10 sending a royal display earlier than
formerly
Melons are 80 perfect. when served halv-
al and filled with chlpped ~. that Other
wnvs Of serving them are hardly consider.
81 They cnn he served however, as
salnd. with cottage checse aud crisp
bauched lcttuce hearts but such q pfeity
dessert should not he spoiled by being
made INTO anything else
When selecting melons. NOTICE tho steH
end II should not look wlthcrcd, for ihat
indicates that II has heen 81 tic vino
some time and It should not he 50 hard
that the thumb nail Will not pierce i
easily II IS safe to bny good slfed melons
that are slightly under rlpc, Il they are
frcshl, pulled They Will riIen nlcel Y of
the vines. Il placed III . WarIn place Ripe
melons should be kept on the basement
floor until ready TO chill for thr table