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INDEX 



Page 



Insects and diseases 68 



Insects in the forcing house 65 



Introduction of melons into the 



UnitedStates 2 



K 



Keep the melons as cool as possible 



after picking 51 



L 



Land plaster for the striped beetle 70 



Lead arsenate for melon insects . . 70 



List of varieties of melons 92 



London purple for the striped 



beetle 70 



M 



Mango melon — see variety Chito . . 5 



Marketing melons 57-60 



Marking the crates 55 



Mealy bugs in the forcing house. . 66 



Melon caterpillar 77 



Melon louse 72 



Melons as warm weather plants. . . 9 



Melon scab 89 



Melon seed, conditions affecting 



duration of 19 



Mice and ground squirrels 78 



Moisture affecting seed vitality. . . 19 



Muskmelons 3, 92 



N 



Navy beans for anchors 44 



Neocosmospora vasinfecta 85 



Number of plants required to plant 



an acre 42 



Number of watermelons to load a 



car 60 



Nutmegmelons 4 



O 



Oxygen necessary to plant growth 11 

 Oxygen: the effect of its absence 



noted 11 



P 



Packing as it is usually done 52 



Packing in crates and barrels 53 



Paris green for the striped beetle . . 70 



Pickle worm 76 



Plant boxes 37 



Planting the seeds for forcing 63 



Planting the seeds out-of-doors. . . 35 



Plant plenty of seeds 36 



Plants required for an acre 42 



Plasmopara cubensis 89 



Poisoned seeds for field mice and 



gophers 78 



Pollination of flowers: how it is 



done 6 



Pony crates for muskmelons. , . , 53 



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Preparation of the soil for melons . 14 



Protoplasm: the life of the plant. . 11 



Q 



Quality an important factor in 

 melons; affected by time of 



picking 48 



R 



Red spider in the forcing house. . . 65 

 Refrigerator cars for shipping 



muskmelons 48 



Remedies for field mice 78 



Remedies for gophers and ground 



squirrels 78 



Remedies for grasshoppers 78 



Remedies for striped melon beetle 70 



Remedies for the melon louse 73 



Remedies for the pickle worm 77 



Remedies for the squash bug 75 



Remedies for the squash lady-bird 76 

 Remedies for 12-spotted melon 



beetle 72 



Remedy for the melon caterpillar. 77 



Road dust for the striped beetle . . 70 



Root hairs: their function 12 



Rotation of crops a prevention 



against insects 79 



Rust or blight of melons 83 



Rust-resistant strains of melons. . 87 



S 



Sandy soil for melons 14 



Scab on melons 89 



Screen for covering young plants 71 



Seed germination, per cent of 20 



Seed started in the hotbed 37 



Seed tester 21 



Seed vitality, conditions affecting 



it 18 



Seeds from immature fruits 25 



Selecting the seed melons from un- 

 productive plants vs. produc- 

 tive plants 22 



Slacked lime for melon insects .... 70 



Smith, Dr. E. F., on bacterial wilt 79 

 Snake melon — see variety Flexu- 



osus 5 



Soaking seed in arsenic for mice 



and gophers 78 



Sods for starting melon seeds in the 



hotbed 39 



Soils for melons 14 



Soy beans as a fertilizer 30 



Sprays for the melon louse 74 



Squash bug 74 



Squash lady-bird 75 



Stable manure : how used 34 



Starting the plants in hotbeds 37 



Starting the plants in hothouses. . 40 

 Stimulating the plants to quick 

 and early growth as a means 



of preventing insect attacks. . 72 



Style of package 53 



