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MENDELISM IN MELONS. 



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was not made too rich, so as to induce an over luxuriant growth 

 of vine. After fruits were set on vines food was added by apply- 

 ing bone meal as a top dressing to the bed, three applications 

 being given covering a period of six weeks, one-half ounce being 

 applied to each square foot of space at each application. 



Plenty of light and a moderate amount of air was given the 

 plants in order to make them strong and sturdy. The tempera- 



Fig. 3. Melons in Greenhouses. The two shown on either side of the house 

 are the parent forms of the cross on which the studies in inheritance of 

 characters have been made. Sutton's Superlative on the right; DeUces 

 de la table on the left. 



ture of the houses were kept as constant as possible and all 

 through the growing period the atmosphere of the houses were 

 kept charged with moisture by syringing the walks and under 

 the benches twice a day with water. After the plants developed 

 five or six shoots beyond the cotyledons the stem was pinched 

 off; three shoots Avere allowed to develop from the main stem. 

 Side shoots were developed in due course and when the laterals 

 were about 18 inches long they were pinched back one inch above 

 the fifth or sixth leaf, other shoots developing afterward were 

 treated in the same wav. 



