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Osage or Millers Cream: A popular greeu skiu, salmon flesli vai-iely ol" 

 excellent quality. A favorite with the consumers when they learn to know 

 the variety and its superior merit. Somewhat inclined to crack, especi- 

 ally when the soil moisture is variable. Well suited to the home market 

 and home garden. 



Osage. 



Til) 'l''>l>: A large sized salmon flesh mehui of cxccllcnl «xii;i]ily 

 (|iiire,s a long seas(m for its best development. 



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Seed Selection 



Varieties of melons may be improved llirtnigh pi-ui»er .seed select iuii. 

 When saving seed, it is not enough to select the best melons without con- 

 sidering the vines u])on which they grow. For profitable melon growing 

 there must be quantity as well as quality. To get the most desirable 

 seeds they should be saved from melons taken from vines which produced 

 a large number of fruits of uniformly good quality and most nearly the 

 ideal type. The character of the adjacent hills should also be taken into 

 consideration, because of the likelihood of crosses having taken place. 

 The ability of the plant to resist disease is also important. Disease resis- 

 tant strains may be developed through proper and careful seed selection. 



