The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 480
re, the pits must only be sunk 12 or 15 inches belowthe general surface, and a drain made along the centre, of brick 458 Construction of Melon, Pine, and Plant Pits. on edge, with bricks flat crosswise covering it; but in ordinaryhigh and dry situations they should always be sunk 2 or 3 feetbelow… … Fig. 41. Section of a Cucumber and Melon Pit. 6 in. below the surface. Of course where such pits are built,the length will depend on the demand for the produce. Thefront and back walls are built in the pigeon-hole manner, of theheight shown, and a vacuity is left between them and the brick-on-edge…
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