CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 363 



MONTREAL (Montreal Market.) Grown largely in 

 Canada for the eastern markets. Fruits very large, 

 green-fleshed and of good quality. They command the 

 highest prices of any melons sold upon our markets. 



PAUL ROSE is a cross between Osage and Netted Gem. 

 Fruits small, spherical, ribbed; flesh yellow and sweet. 



OSAGE OR MILLER'S CREAM is an excellent midseason 

 variety. Fruit medium in size, flesh deep, yellow and of 

 good quality. 



EDEN GEM is grown almost entirely around Salisbury, 

 Maryland. It is prolific and of high quality. 



BURRELL GEM is a comparatively new variety, valued 

 in some sections. The flesh is orange color and of high 

 quality. 



HACKENSACK and EARLY HACKENSACK are green-fleshed 

 varieties of good quality. 



Commercial growers of muskmelons should conduct 

 variety tests until they have determined the varieties 

 best suited to their soil, climate and market conditions. 

 The different sorts vary greatly in their adaptation to 

 soils, some succeeding better on heavy soils than others. 



The term "cantaloupe" applies to a type of rough, 

 warty, scabby melons grown in Europe but seldom seen 

 in this country. This word is said to have been derived 

 from the name of a village near Rome. The name has 

 no specific meaning in America, for it is given to all 

 types of muskmelons. 



509. Climatic requirements. The muskmelon is much 

 more susceptible to the effects of cold than the cucum- 

 ber or the squash. It will not stand frost and demands 

 rather high summer temperatures for the most satisfac^ 

 tory results. As a commercial enterprise the crop has 

 been grown most extensively in regions where the sea- 

 sons are long enough to mature the fruit from seed 

 planted in the open ground. While this is true, hundreds 

 of acres are produced in some sections from plants 



