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 tracheipnilus 79 



Bacterial soft rot of mu skmelons . . 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 



C 



Cantaloupes 4 



Characters of the flowers 2 



Citrullus vulgaris 6 



Cladosporium cucumerinum 89 



Clean fanning 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 f or 



melons 33 



Cucurbit aceae family 2 



Cultivation of the plants 45 



Cultural methods 41 



D 



Depth of planting in the North and 



South 35 



Diabrotica 12-punctata 72 



Diabrotica vittata 68 



Disease-resistant strains 87 



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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 



earlymaturity 28 



Extent of the melon business 59 



F 



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 



G 



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 



I 



its 



effect upon 



Immature set 

 earliness. 



Importance of careful selection of 

 seed melons: how it is usually 

 done , . 



