189 VINE OR 
CUCURBITOUS CROPS 
but great care must be taken to avoid any 
injury or check to the growth, during trans- 
planting. 
Beginners often find it difficult to tell when a 
watermelon is ripe. There are three recognized 
methods, but to the practiced eye none of 
these tests are necessary. If amelon “thumps” 
right, that is, if it gives out a dull, flat, dead 
sound, it is ripe, but if it rings hollow or musical 
it is not yet ripe. The next test is the yellowish 
cast to the side that has lain on the ground, 
along with a hard, rough, warty skin in that 
place; and the third is the way the melon 
“ vives” under pressure of the hand. The last 
test should never be applied to melons intended 
for the market, because it bruises them inside. 
What is called vegetable citron in this country 
is nothing but a variety of watermelon with 
flesh too hard to be eaten. It is not the true 
commercial citron, which is the fruit of a tree 
like the orange or lemon. 
Insects or diseases the same as in cucumber. 
If you must know more of watermelon culture, 
get Bulletin 38, Georgia Exp. Station. 
PUMPKIN AND SQUASH. 
Although so closely allied, pumpkins and 
squash do not usually cross, despite the com- 
