The Art of Promoting the Growth of the Cucumber and Melon
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The Art of Promoting the Growth of the Cucumber and Melon, by Thomas Watkins, is a series of directions for the best means to be adopted in bringing them to a complete state of perfection. The writer names Mr. M'Phail, gardener to Lord Hawkesbury, who published a treatise in the year 1795 in which he strenuously recommends brick pits for cucumbers and melons as far superior to the dung bed. The writer says that if the directions are strictly attended to, no fear need be entertained of their vigorous growth, either from the premature season or the inclemency of the weather.
The directions say to take off the mat at one or two o'clock and admit a little air, and to shade them from eleven to two o'clock when the sun is clear and the weather hot. The writer observes that it is impossible ever to obtain fine or good flavoured fruit if more than one is suffered to swell on a plant at a time.
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- Thomas Watkins
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