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containers in use. Small quantities were shipped in 1917 in special 

 containers, such as the pony flat crate and the special flat crate for 

 pink meat melons. 



Inspection is accomplished at the loading platform when melons- 

 are delivered by the grower for shipment. Field inspectors for the 

 distributing concerns attempt to visit as many field packing sheds as 

 practicable each day in order to advise with growers as to methods of 

 picking and packing. Most of the cantaloupes, however, are produced 

 on small individual acreages and it is manifestly impossible for a 

 limited inspection force to give adequate inspection at packing sheds. 

 Hence, the real inspection is that given at the loading platform. oMany 

 of the cantaloupes are grown by Japanese growers. In 191 7 more 

 than one-half of the commercial acreage was controlled by the Japan- 

 ese. This was particularly true in the Glendale-Phoenix district, where 

 the Japanese cantaloupe growers were greatly in the majority. In past 

 seasons most of the pink meated melons were grown in the Glendale 

 district, while the production of this type on the south side around 

 Mesa was merely incidental. A noticeable feature of production in 

 191 7 however, was the small acreage in Burrell Gems. Only about 300 

 acres or approximately 10 per cent of the total acreage were pink meat 

 melons and most of these were produced around Mesa. This was 

 largely due to the fact that Glendale growers received unsatisfactory 

 returns in 1916 on their pink meats and in 1917 abandoned this type. 

 The growers of Burrell Gems in the vicinity of Mesa, however, re- 

 ceived very satisfactory returns in 1917 and it is likely that the 1918 

 season will see an increased acreage of pink meat melons produced in 

 the Valley. About 60 acres of the white rind melons, known to the 

 trade as the "Honey-Dew" melon, were grown in 1917. Most of 

 these were produced on the north side near Glendale. Owing to the 

 comparatively limited demand for this type of melon, it does not seem 

 likely that there will be any material increase in the 1918 acreage. 

 The following table gives the shipments of cantaloupes by stations in 

 1916 and 1917: 



Table A' Shii'.mexts of Caxt.\loupes, 1916-1917 



