CANTALOUPE CULTURE AND PEDIGREED CANTALOUPE SEED. 



has a very solid flesh when first ripe which requires several days to mellow 

 up. It has a decided flavor distinct from the Gems. 



It is a late maturing strain, and is quite subject to the "rust" and 

 the tendency to crack are the principal drawbacks to the strain. 



Over a hundred varieties of cantaloupes and muskmelons have been 

 tried in the tests on the Experiment Station at Rocky Ford including many 

 of the foreign introductions and not any have shown a superior trait to 

 those above mentioned. 



There are several artificial crosses that have been made, between the 

 Pollock and the Early Watters with a view to combining the disease resist- 

 ance and early production of the two, one of these crosses made by the 

 Rocky Ford Cantaloupe Breeders' Association, known as Early-Rust-Re- 

 sistant No. 2, is a very promising hybrid, for two years it has shown as 

 early maturity as the Watters strain and as disease resistance as the Pol- 

 lock. The melon is very much a combination of the two strains, except it is 

 green fleshed like the Watters. 



There is also several crosses of the Osage type with the Pollock and 

 Ryan's Early Strain, these have not been grown long enough to determine 

 the results. 



To those who may be interested in making cantaloupe hybrids we 

 reprint the methods of artificial fertilization from Colorado Experiment 

 Station Bulletin No. 126, Cantaloupe Breeding. 



Colo. Exp. Sta. 



Plate 16 Contrasts in Internal Qualities. Selections from Different Individual 



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