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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



planted vines and of the vines grown from seed sown in tlie field is 

 shown in the followinof table: 



Comparative earliness of mushmelons transplanted or sown in the field. 



•'Whether this extra-early yield [from transplanting] will pay for 

 th(^ extra labor can be determined only by the conditions and facilities 

 of the grower. Generally speaking, it is doubtless a questionable 

 undertaking, but in a few instances might be profitable." From Sep- 

 tember 5 on, the planted hills outyielded those which were transplanted. 



In the experiment to determine the relative productiveness of pinched 

 r. unpinched vines, pinching the main vines and allowing the laterals 

 to grow naturally, or pinching the main vine when it was 3 ft, long 

 and the laterals after two fruits had set on each, was found to increase 

 the yield scarceh" at all, and if the work of pinching be taken into con- 

 sideration, the practice resulted in a loss. The practice of pinching or 

 heading-in is not considered desirable when vines are grown out of 

 doors. 



Removing the staminate blossoms, which usualh" appear some time 

 before the pistillate flowers, increased the jaeld slightly, but the 

 additional laboi'' required rendered the practice unprofitable. 



Variety tests of muskmelons at the station have lieen previously 

 noted (E. S. R. , 10, p. 50). Illustrations and descriptions of varieties not 

 ])i-eviously noted are here included, together with ta))ular data on the 

 yields, dates of ripening and flowering, and form characteristics of 95 

 varieties. Out of a list of about 100 recently imported varieties, the 

 variety Lida, of Russian origin, was the only one which gave satisfac- 

 tory results. The following list of l)est varieties is recommended for 

 planting in the North: Gem type — Oval Netted Gem, Golden Netted 

 Gem, Netted Gem, Rose Gem. Paul Ros(\ and Emerald Gem. Medlion 

 type — Extra Early Hackensack, Kinsman Queen, Satisfaction, Chicago 

 Nutmeg, Improved Jenny, New White Japan, Nectar of Angels, Extra 

 Early Cantaloupe, and Acme. L(ii'(/<\ long type — (irranite State. Long 

 Yellow, and Improved Cantaloupe. 



Onion growing, F. A. Huntley {Idaho Sta. Bui. ^^, pjy. 115-1'21'^ 

 figs. H). — Methods of onion culture adapted to Idaho soils and climate 



