INDEX 



Page 

 A 



Age of melon seeds affecting vital- 

 ity 19 



Air-slacked lime for striped beetle 70 



Alternaria sp. on muskmelons .... 83 



Anthracnose of melons 89 



Aphis Gossypii or melon louse. ... 72 



Aphis in the forcing house 66 



Arthur, J. C., quotations from. ... 25 



B 



Bacillus melonis 81 



Bacillus tracheiphilus 79 



Bacterial soft rot of muskmelons . . 81 



Bacterial wilt 79 



Bees: their influence on the crop. . 6 



Blinn, P. K., quotations from. ... 24 



Bordeaux mixture 82, 85 



Botanical varieties: 



Cantaloupensis 4 



Reticulatus 5 



Flexuosus 5 



Chito 5 



Inodorous 5 



Botany of the melon 2 



Cantaloupes 4 



Characters of the flowers 2 



Citrullus yulgaris 6 



Cladosporium cucumerinum 89 



Clean farming a prevention against 



insects 78 



Climax baskets for muskmelons ... 53 



Clover as a fertilizer 30 



Colletotrichum lagenarium 89 



Commercial fertilizers 33 



Conditions affecting growth: 



Climatic 9 



Soil 9 



Temperature of the soil 9 



Cottonseed meal as a fertilizer for 



melons 33 



Cucurbitaceae family 2 



Cultivation of the plants 45 



Cultural methods 41 



Diseases of melons 79 



Dome screens for insects 70 



Downy mildew on melons 89 



Drainage: its effect on the soil ... 10 



E 



Early planting as a protection 



against insects 71 



Early vs. late ripening for seed .... 26 



Effect of latitude and altitude on 



early maturity 28 



Extent of the melon business 59 



Fertilization of the blossoms 6 



Fertilizers for melons: 



Kind and quantity 30 



A balanced ration 31 



Time for applying 34 



Forcing melons 61 



Function of root hairs 12 



Fusarium wilt 85 



Germination of seeds, per cent of 20 



Goff, Prof. E. S., quotations from 



11, 18, 25 



Gophers and field mice injurious 



to melon crops 78 



Grading melons an important fac- 

 tor in maintaining one's repu 

 tation 55 



Grasshoppers injurious to water- 

 melons 78 



H 



Habitat of the muskmelon and 



watermelon 1 



Harvesting and marketing melons 46 



History of the melon 1 



Hotbeds, construction of 37 



Hothouse: its advantages over the 



hotbed 40 



How to test the seed 20 



Humidity affecting seed vitality. . 19 



Depth of planting in the North and 



South 35 



Diabrotica 12-punctata 72 



Diabrotica vittata 68 



Disease-resistant strains 87 



Immature seed: its effect upon 



earliness 25 



Importance of careful selection of 

 seed melons: how it is usually 

 done 22 



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