Coaxing the Watermelon to Grow.
PHiiiit King furnishes the following novel plan of promoting the growth of watermelons : Dig • hole in the ground a short distance from the yonng melon, plaoe in the hole mold ves■el that will hold water and keep it filled. Place a ball oi yarn in this vessel of water, carry the end of the thread to the Btem from trhiob the melon grows, split the stem and pnt the thread tbrongh it. If the Teasel in kept fnD oi watei the thread will convey enough moiitnre to the melon to keep it growing, and the melon will not ripen snfril the string is remoted or cut off.— [Gartersville (Ga.) American.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2078, 31 October 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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115Coaxing the Watermelon to Grow. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2078, 31 October 1885, Page 2 (Supplement)
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