26 



EXPERIMENTS WITH MUSKMELONS 





Unfortunately the past season was extremely dry and many 

 of the seeds did not germinate readily. Out of about one him- 

 dred that fruited, only one approached anything of special 

 value. This variety was "Lida," No. GO (The United States 

 -department number), from Moscow, Russia. Collected by 

 Prof. Hansen, February, 1898. 



Fig. 3. Variety "Lida" (Russian). 



Figure 3 is a photograph of the fruit grown here at the sta- 

 tion. The fruit is medium size, not netted, round to oval, 

 strongly ribbed. The flesh is a deep salmon, rich, juicy, and 

 delicate. Skin thin, flesh thick, small cavity. Matures in 

 New Hampshire, — very promising. 



