HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



MUSKMELONS HOW TO FIGHT INSECTS AND 

 DISEASES 



THE little striped yellow beetle, referred to under 

 cucumbers, is also most destructive in a melon patch 

 and should be combated promptly. In addition, during 

 dry, hot weather, a little black flea is apt to bother the 

 seedlings. Fight it by sprinkling the plants with Slug- 

 Shot or tobacco dust. Aphis or Green Plant Lice like- 

 wise display a preference for melon vines which, when 

 badly infected, should be destroyed to prevent spreading 

 of the pest. Attempts to control it by spraying have, 

 so far, proven only partially successful. 



The bacterial wilt is the most dreaded of the fungous 

 diseases attacking melon vines, because science so far 

 has failed to discover a remedy. Spreading of rust may 

 be prevented by spraying with Bordeaux Mixture. But 

 the safest plan, in the home garden, is to promptly pull 

 up any diseased vines. Carry them away from the patch 

 and destroy by burning, after saturating with coal oil. 



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