Cornell University, 

 Ithaca, K. Y., June 15, 1895. 



The Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture^ Albany : 



Sir. — The following account of winter muskmellons is submitted 

 as a bulletin in pursuance of Chapter 230 of the Laws of 1895. 

 The growing of winter crops of vegetables and flowers under glass 

 is an important industry in New York State and one that is rapidly 

 enlarging. It is the most intensive and one of the most highly 

 specialized of all the branches of agriculture, and it must play an 

 increasingly important part in the industrial development of the 

 future. This Station has already entered this interesting field, par- 

 ticularly with contributions upon the cultivation of tomatoes, frame 

 cucumbers, beans, cauliflowers, and the heating of forcing-houses 

 and the influence of the electric arc light upon plants under glaas. 

 We are now glad fro add this paper upon the melon, which is admit- 

 tedly the most difficult vegetable crop to mature in the winter 

 months, but which can no doubt often be added with profit to those 

 houses which are fitted for the growing of frame cucumbers or 

 tomatoes. 



L. H. BAILEY. 



