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THE ART
OF
PROMOTING THE GROWTH
OF THE
Cucumber and Melon;
IN
A SERIES OF DIRECTIONS
FOR THE BEST MEANS TO BE ADOPTED IN BRINGING THEM TO
A COMPLETE STATE OF PERFECTION.
BY
THOMAS WATKINS,
Many Years Foreman with Mr. Grange, of Hackney, and now with W. Knight, Esq. Highbury Park.
LONDON:
PUBLISHED BY HARDING, ST. JAMES'S STREET;
AND SOLD BY GRANGE AND DULLY, FRUITERERS, COVENT GARDEN; MASON AND SON, SEEDSMEN, FLEET STREET; WARNER AND CO. SEEDSMEN, CORNHILL; GARRAWAY, NURSERY AND SEEDSMAN, NEAR MARYLAND POINT, STRATFORD, ESSEX; AND BY THE AUTHOR, AT HIGHBURY.
1824.
PRINTED BY S. CAVE, ISLINGTON GREEN.
THE ART
OF
PROMOTING THE GROWTH
OF THE
Cucumber and Melon;
ADVERTISEMENT.
CONTENTS.
Preface.
THE ART
OF
PROMOTING THE GROWTH
OF THE
Cucumber and Melon;
ON THE MANAGEMENT REQUIRED IN THE CULTURE OF EARLY CUCUMBERS.
THE SEED-BED FOR OCTOBER:
To be sown from the 10th to the 20th of the Month.
FOOTNOTES:
THE FRUITING FRAME,
For Plants sown in October, November, December, and January.
FOOTNOTES:
THE SEED-BED FOR JANUARY.
To be sown in the beginning of the Month.
ON THE
MANAGEMENT
REQUIRED IN THE CULTURE
OF THE
Late Cucumber.
ON THE
MANAGEMENT
REQUIRED IN THE CULTURE
OF THE
Hand-glass Cucumber
DIMENSIONS
OF THE
BOXES AND LIGHTS
FOR
Early and Late Cucumbers.
Three-light Boxes for October sowing.
One-light Box for October sowing.
For January sowing.
For Spring sowing.
ON THE CULTURE
OF
THE EARLY AND LATE
Melon.
ON THE
MANAGEMENT
REQUIRED IN THE CULTURE
OF
Early and Late Melons.
FOOTNOTES:
DIMENSIONS
OF THE
BOXES AND LIGHTS
FOR
Early and late Melons.
Boxes and Lights for the first early Melons.
For Melons sown from the middle of February until the latter end of March, grown with linings.
For late Melons, grown without Linings.
Brick Pits.
THE END.
PRINTED BY S. CAVE, ISLINGTON GREEN.
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