CONTENTS IX 



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seeds Time for early and late crop 

 Training to strings or wires Fertilizing 

 the blossoms Market Varieties Insects 

 Diseases. 



CHAPTER X 



INSECTS AND DISEASES .... 68-69 

 The common forms, with remedies Mice 

 and gophers or ground squirrels Fungous 

 and bacterial diseases of melons Disease- 

 resistant plants. 



CHAPTER XI 



LIST OF VARIETIES . . . . . 90-101 

 A description of fifty-five varieties of 

 muskmelons grown out-of-doors and nine 

 foreign varieties A list of good forcing 

 varieties grown in this country A de- 

 scription of forty-six varieties of water- 

 melons. 



