ABSTRACTS OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS 

 IN THE UNITED STATES. 



Alabama College Station, Bulletin No. 28, November, 1891 (pp. 11). 



Watermelons and cantaloupes, J. S. Newman and J. 

 Clayton. — lu an experiment with refereuce to the relative productive- 

 ness of seeds from different parts of the watermelon, the seeds from the 

 stem and blossom ends produced in each case 4:35 merchantable melons 

 per acre, while the seeds from the nuddlc produced 507 per acre, weighing 

 over 2 tons more than those from the ends. Six sevenths of the melons 

 from the "middle" seed were ripe August 4, while only one half of those 

 from the " stem end " seed were ripe August 11. Tabulated data are 

 given for 19 varieties tested in 1891. The greatest variation in the 

 ripening of these varieties was only 6 days. The seed of a number of 

 varieties, Avhich had been kept since 1888, failed to germinate. "As a 

 ccmibination variety for home use and market, the Jones melon ranks 

 first. It is not so good for shipjiing as the Kolb Gem, but superior in 

 quality. The Sugar Loaf gives great satisfaction for home consumj)- 

 tion." 



Tabulated data are also given for 25 varieties of cantaloupes. The 

 varieties reported as best in flavor are Atlantic City, Golden Jenny, 

 Improved Pineapple, Netted Gem, and Netted Nutmeg. 



Arizona Station, Bulletin No. 3, October, 1891 (pp. 15). 



Irrigation in Arizona, V. E. Stolbrand, C. E. — This is a bulletin 

 of information regarding the sources of supply of water for irrigation 

 in Arizona, the canals already in service in the Territory, the cost of 

 constructing and operating pumps, projected irrigation works, the 

 resources of some of the counties, and explanations of the " duty of 

 water" and the "miner's inch." It is the intention of the department 

 of irrigation of the University of Arizona, with which the station is 

 connected, to collate data regarding the irrigated and irrigable 

 area in Arizona, with a vicAv to tlie development of an irrigation system 

 adequate to the needs of this section. 



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