EXPEEIMENT STATION EEPORT. 509 



than any of my other melons." "The Tollock Strain' cantaloupes 

 are all blighted and not any fniit matured except where I sprayed 

 them, there they have not shod a leaf where some other varieties^ 

 sprayed the same, have blighted considerably." "The 'Knst- 

 Eesisting Cantaloiipies' that I. am testing are in a healthy condi- 

 tion ; no apparent improvement over the ordinary 'Kocky Fords.' " 

 "The 'Pollock Strain' melons are in a healthy condition ; no notice- 

 able improvement over ordinary variety grown side by side." 

 "The cantaloupe season is over and I find the 'Pollock Strain' no 

 improvement fiver the kind I already have; however, the 'Rust- 

 Resisting,' while a trifle Ititer, are an improvement ; vines stay 

 green longer ; I have saved all the seed to plant another year." 

 "The vines seem to do better — the 'Rocky Ford' — and I wish to 

 give a more satisfactory trial next season." "The 'Pollock Strain^ 

 do not show any signs of blight as yet, but the heavy rains washed 

 the early blossoms off; they are looking fine now." "The vines of 

 all citrons are looking well and at present can see no difference in 

 our regular citron, 'Rust-Resisting' and 'Pollock Strain.' " "Rust 

 first appeared on 'Pollock Strain' on August 10th ; could see no 

 diiference the whole season between this strain and our regular 

 cantaloupe." "On August 10th, when rust was first noticed on 

 our regular cantaloupes, the 'Rust-Resisting' had twO' or three 

 spotted, on August 24th not more than 10 per cent, as compared 

 with 25 per cent, on the others, on Aug-ust 31st about 20 per cent, 

 and to-day (September 7th) about 25 per cent, to' 30 per cent., 

 while the others are practically gone." ''The 'Rust-Resisting' 

 cover an average of thirty square feet, show no^ signs of rust yet, 

 though we have had a great deal of damp weather ; they are rank 

 color and hardy; the 'Pollock Strain' show some rust and are not 

 a very good color." "The 'Rust-Resisting' cantaloupe were of an 

 excellent flavor, vines keeping green long after citrons were done 

 picking, large yield ; the 'Pollock Strain' were an utter failure.'^ 

 "Regret to report that tlie wet weather and lack of sunshine com- 

 pletely destroyed my dozen hills of the 'Pollock Strain ;' they only 

 reached four inches in height ; the 'Rust-Resisting' melons suf- 

 fered the same fate though they were far in advance, when they 

 simply rotted off at the stems at the surface of the ground." "Am 

 testing the 'Pollock Strain' alongside several other varieties and 

 can see no ]>erceptible difference as yet." "I could see no material 

 difference in the appearance of the vines of the 'Rust-Resisting' 



