MUSKMELON 347 
statement is often made that greenhouse melons cannot 
be sold for less than $1 or perhaps $1.50 each and enable 
the grower even to meet expenses. Such prices certainly 
make melons class as a luxury and the demand for them 
is necessarily limited. 
The melon, in its cultural requirements, is very similar 
to the cucumber, though much more exacting. The in- 
sect and fungous foes are also similar. 
House.—A greenhouse which is suitable for the forcing 
of cucumbers will be found satisfactory for growing 
melons. It should be amply provided with heating pipes. 
‘It should be high enough to give room for the training 
of the plants. Inasmuch as the plants are extremely sen- 
sitive to cold drafts and sudden changes in temperature, 
small storm houses should be provided wherever there 
are outside doors that must be used. Melons are gen- 
erally grown on raised benches provided with bottom heat, 
though the spring crop may be grown with entire success 
in solid ground beds. Some growers prefer boxes which 
may be placed on raised benches. A box 3% feet long, 
12 inches wide and 8 inches deep will hold three plants. 
Varieties—There are numerous English varieties and 
several American sorts that do well under glass. Among 
those which are most frequently mentioned are Sutton’s 
Emerald Gem, Royal Jubilee, Superlative and Ring- 
leader. There are three classes of melons according to 
color of flesh, namely, green-fleshed, scarlet-fleshed and 
white-fleshed. The green-fleshed sorts are considered 
the best in quality by some, and the scarlet-fleshed by 
others. Turner, in “Fruits and Vegetables Under 
Glass,” makes the following classification: Green Flesh: 
Sutton’s Ringleader, Best of All, Perfection, Sutton’s 
Emerald Gem, Windsor Castle, Turner’s Seedling, Royal 
Jubilee, Emerald Gem (American strain) ; Scarlet Flesh: 
Superlative, Sutton’s Al, Sutton’s Scarlet, Sutton’s 
Triumph and Sutton’s Invincible; White Flesh: Royal 
