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EXPERIMENTAL FARMS 



1-2 EDWARD VII., A. 1902 



during the summer and when growth had ceased in the autumn it was cut and the 

 ears removed and counted. 



Name of Variety. 



Early Varieties. 



Burbank's Early Maine . . 



Early Fordhook 



Extra Early Cory 



Lackey's Early Sweet . . . 



Early Marblehead 



Ford's Early 



Second Early. 



Crosby's Extra Early 



Low's Perfection 



Kendall's Early Giant . . 



Early Giant Sweet 



Shaker's Early 



Child's Honey Dew 



Intermediate. 



Black Mexican 



Burlington Hybrid 



Stablers' Early 



Roslyn Hybrid 



Moor's Early Concord . . . 

 Zig Zag Evergreen 



Late Varieties. 



Bonanza Sweet 



Country Gentleman 



Shoe Peg 



Columbus Market 



Mammoth Sweet 



Stowell's Evergreen . . . 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MUSK MELONS. 



A large number of varieties of musk melons have been tested during the past 

 three years, and notes were taken on their productiveness, quality and time of matur- 

 ing. In 1901 there were 62 varieties under test, most of which ripened. The seed 

 was sown in strawberry boxes on May 6 and the plants grown in a hot-bed until June 

 4, when they were planted in the open ground, the soil being a warm light sandy loam. 

 The melons were put in hills eight by eight feet apart, which had been prepared by 

 removing the soil and replacing it with two shovelfuls of short barn-yard manure 

 on which were thrown back from four to five inches of the surface soil. When the 

 hills were ready the strawberry boxes were broken without loosening the soil, and 

 the plants were then carefully set. When established there were usually four 

 plants to a hill. The soil was kept cultivated until the growth of the plants pre- 

 vented it. 



In the following table the names are given of the twenty-five varieties which 

 have averaged the best crops in three years, with notes regarding them. 



