MELONS OF EGYPT ARE GROWN IN SOUTH DAKOTA Direct Descendants from the Very Melons Which Our Hebrew Brethern So Loudly Bewailed While Traversing the Desert. A new melon in which the seeds are separate from the flesh, and is prob ably a type of the earliest melons known. "And the children of Israel wept again and said: We remember the fish which we did eat in Egypt free ly; the cucumbers and the melons; . . . And now our soul is dried away, there is nothing at all beside this manna."—Numbers 11:6. This is perhaps the first well-re corded case of a riot over the menu of a camping-out party; but that is not the point of interest so much as that this also is the first record of the melon. Nor, really, can it be won dered at that there was some disap pointment at the loss of the melons, though we have no real idea in these days of what manna was, or its tootb someness. The melon of Egypt Is supposed to have been of African origin, though A Bunch of Melons. this is not certnin. The muskmelon has never been found in a wild state, and is supposed to have originated in India and to have been brought thence by way of Persia. Melons from seed brought from Armenia were cultivated three centuries ago at Cantaluppi, near Rome, and thence were intro duced all over Europe under the name of cantaloupes, whence our pres ent. name for them, which is being supplanted in the market by the cog nomen of Rocky Ford; for once the cantaloupe gets into the hands of the dealer, it may be raised in Indiana or any other seaport, but it is always a Rocky Ford. The two accompanying photographs have great interest from two reasons: They show melons which are new in this country and which are no doubt direct descendants from the very melons which our Hebrew brethren so loudly bewailed while traversing the desert. I found them on the garden of Martin Doerksen, whose farm is in the flourishing Mennonite settlement numbering a half-hundred families, near the beautiful little city of Meade, Kan. There are two kinds of melons shown in the first photographs—wa termelons and muskmelons. The watermelons are in the heap in the center. They are not strictly peculiar as compared with our American wa termelons, except that they are small, nearly round, very light in color on the outside and also on the inside, and very sweet. The three muskmelons at the bottom of the picture are en PRESERVE THE SPRING LAID EGG Hen Product of Tills Time oi Year Best. Recent investigations show that eggs laid in May and early June keep better than those laid at any other time of the year, and for that reason eggs laid at this particular time «i the year should be preserved. It has been found that water glass •vhi.n properly made seals the eggs d prevents further infection when >t at a comparatively low tempera ?. Water glass can usually be ob (1 through druggists at from $1 '5 a gallon, a gallon of the water eing made into ten gallons of tive by gimplj dissolving it in ns of water which has b?en cooled before use. The pre hould be kept in a cellar ■en temperature, which 'e CO degrees. ! scovered t hat eggs ith bacteria of de ">M'ore the egg is '•ea and defects egg is laid, reduce the "> reduce or 'cts of in 'oving the ould be th as 10 ugh n to 'ck ■"S- tirely different from anything raised in America. The outside is a pale yellow, and ribbed. In size they are as large as the usual run of musk melons. The flesh is a deep orange in color, very thick, very sweet, and deliciously fragrant. The peculiarity of this melon is in the arrangement of the seeds. They are not spread through the flesh, as in the American melons, but are all in a hard mass In the center, looking exactly like a nub bin of corn. The seconl photograph shows these seeds. When the melon is cut, this core is taken out, a stick thrust through it, and it is hung to the rafters of the kitchen until melon planting time of the following year. Before planting, the seeds are sep arated and then planted as any other melons are planted. Both sorts are prolific growers, come early and go late. They are among the first melons on the place to ripen, and there are melons on the vines until frost comes All the melons shown grew on two vines, and very nu.ny had been plucked from the same vines. Mr. Doerksen stated that he brought the watermelon seed from the province of Taurida, in southern Rus' sia; and that it is there called the Astrachan. The muskmelon seed he The Seed. brought from the shores of the Cas pian sea, and it is called there the Kluemelon. It requires very little research, when the history of the Mennonltes is considered, to connect these melons with the most ancient and historical forms of this fruit of the vine; and the peculiarity of the arrangements of the seeds in the Kluemelon would make it very attractive to the house wife because they are not "mussy" to serve. The eater would enjoy the absence of the seeds also. Properly cultivated it would probably produce a melon which would lie in great de mand. L. Jf. AT,T,EN. kept in a dry, eool room or cellar, where the sun's rays do not fall direct ly upon them. Only clean eggs should bo used lor preservation, and these should ho placed in the preservative within twenty-four lions after they are laid. If care is taken to select clean, sound egg:', and proper precautions are observe d in carrying out the de tails oi the method of preservation as above indicated, it is believed that wa ter glass furnishes a cheap, reliable and easily employed preservative for domestic use, and by its use everyone having a supply of fresh eggs in the spiing can make a considerable saving and at the same time have a larger number of fresh eggs to use in the winter. Sell Nothing But the Best.—lf farm ers will make it a rule to send only the best to the market they will get * ll ore money for one-half of the cro*> when prices are low than for the whole. When the markets are well supplied only the best will sell. Not only should the articles be selected, but they should be uniform—of the same quality—at the bottom of tho basket as at the top. 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