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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF I'KACTIC Al. HOKT I CULTURE 



Fig. 1. Mont 



are removed. They must be handled with 

 extreme care, the vines sprayed often 

 against fungi and red spider and the 

 melons turned frequently and placed upon 

 shingles to keep them from the ground. 



Investigation and experiments covering 

 four years led Wm. Stuart of the Bureau 

 of Plant Industry to conclude: 



That the Montreal Market muskmelon 

 may be successfully grown in the north- 

 eastern states, provided the crop is han- 

 dled as skillfully and intelligently as it 

 is by the Montreal grower. 



That the demand exceeds the supply. 



That though a costly crop to grow, 

 sales prices are so high that the enter- 

 prise when successful is a highly remu- 

 nerative one. 



References 



Vermont Experiment Station Bulletin 

 169. 



Vermont Experiment Station, Report 

 20, 1908. 



DISEASES AM) PESTS OF 

 3n'SK3rEL(»> 



The muskmelon is attacked by the same 

 diseases and pests as other cucurbitous 

 crops. See under Cantaloup Di.icases and 

 Pests, Cucumber. Watermelon, Squash, 

 Etc. 



Mustard 



The large leaves at the base of the 

 mustard are sometimes used for greens 

 in the spring. fSee Greens.) Mustard 

 seeds itself and often comes up in the 



real Muskmelon. 



following spring. Some of the Oriental 

 species have an edible turnip-Iilie root. If 

 jilanted for greens they should be sowed 

 in drills a foot or more apart. 



MUSTARD DISEASES AND PESTS 



Mustard is attacked by much the same 

 diseases and pests as cabbage, turnips, 

 garden cress and other cruciferae, q. v. 



RIaek Rot 



Mustard plants of all species are liable 

 to be attacked by black rot, and if per- 

 mitted to grow as weeds in fields devoted 

 to cabbage growing will carry the 

 black rot trouble through the rotations 

 in spite of the grower's other efforts. Let 

 no mustard weeds survive in such rota- 

 tions. 



Nebraska 



Nebraska is a part of the great central 

 |)Iain and is drained by tributaries to the 

 Missouri and Platte rivers. A part of 

 the state lies in that region known as 

 the Bad Lands, which extends down from 

 South Dakota and is of very little value, 

 except where irrigation is possible from 

 the rivers or from artesian wells. 



The soil for the main part is fertile, 

 and corn, wheat, oats and hay are the 

 princii)al crops. The portion of the state 

 best adapted to horticulture is the south- 

 eastern part. This is due to the fact that 

 the surface is broken, furnishing suffi- 

 cient air drainage. There is in this part 

 of the state, too, the largest amount of 



