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the winter melons (var. inodorus) ripening late in the season and 

 keeping well into the winter, little known in this country. Consult 

 Sturtevant, Amer. Nat., Aug. 1889, pp. 671-4, for history. The 



Fig. 132. Muskmelon seedlings. Nearly natural size. 



notion that muskmelons are contaminated by cucumbers that grow 

 near them is an error. 



For melon diseases and insects, see Cucumber. For the 

 anthracnose, consult Dept. Agric. Botanical Division, Bull. 8, p. 

 64; Md. 1891 Kept., p. 387. 



WATERMELON 



The first requisite in watermelon culture is a location with suf- 

 ficient length of season to insure maturity of crop. 



"Rotation is all -important. In no case should melons follow 

 melons the next season, and at least four years should intervene 

 before the land is again planted in this crop. By that time insect 

 depredators, attracted by the first melon crop, will have probably 

 become exterminated and the drain from the soil of specific plant- 

 food (especially potash) will also have been, to a certain extent, 

 at least, made good." Hugh N. Starnes, Bull. 38, Ga. Exp. Sta., 

 on "Watermelons." 



The South Atlantic and Gulf states have occupied first place 

 for size and quality of melons. Recently, the mid -continental 



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