Melon Culture 



A Practical Treatise 



on the 



Principles Involved in the Production of Melons, Both 



for Home Use and for Market: Including a 



Chapter on Forcing and One on Insects 



and Diseases and Means of 



Controlling the Same 



By 

 JAMES TROOP 



Professor of Horticulture and Entomology 

 Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana 



ILLUSTRATED 



NEW YORK 

 ORANGE JUDD COMPANY 



1914 



