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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
The following table gives the usual time of planting and the period of harvest 
for the different districts. 
District and State. 
Dates of Planting. 
Period of Ripening. 
Brownsville, Texas............-..---- Feb. 10 to 20... eeeesnsneeees May 10 to June 10. 
Gainesville, Pla... cccccesees Feb. 10 to 20... teeeeneeees May 10 to June. 
Imperial Valley, Calif............... Feb. 20 to March........0...........-- May 20 to July 1. 
Lake Charles, La...........-....-.--- March 1 to 15.0.0... cceeeeseeceees June 1 to July 1. 
Northern Louisiana .................. March 20 to April 20.......0....... June 20 to July 20. 
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Blackville, 8. C April 1 to 15 
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June 15 to July 10. 
Belton, AK. au......eecececcsecceee ences ADTil 1 tO 20... cece ceeeennennereneeen July 1 to August 1. 
Southern Mississippl................ April 1 to 10 eee ence July 1 to August 1. 
Glendale, AiZ......... lees cece eee April 1 to 20... eseenceeeeees July 5 to August 5. 
Atkoa, O18... ce cece cennnenceeean April 1 to May... eneeeeeees July 10 to September. 
Decker, Ind... 2... ee eeeeenene April 1, in hot beds.......000000... July 10 to August 20. 
Southwest Arkansas.................. N50) 8 A) A es July 1 to August 1. 
Moapa, Ney, .2........secccceseecsesereneees 2 6) 0 A KO es July 20 to August 10. 
Dover, Del. 2.22... ceeeeeseesen coos April 5 to 20 eee eeee August 1 to 15. 
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Eastern Washington 
Medford, Oregon 
Parsonsburg, Md 
Northwest Arkansas 
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desevecaccececennennncese May 1 to 18 
May 1 to 15 
St. Thomas, Pa..u..........cccecccees May 10 to 20 
Fredericksburg, Va..........-...2..0006 May 10.......... 
King Hill, Idaho... May 10.......... 
Michigan 0... eee eeeec ee ceneeeen ones May 20.......... 
The above table is tentative. 
It will be noted that there is a wide 
range of differences in the time of ripen- 
ing when cantaloupes are planted at 
about the same time, due to the different 
seasons, the climatic conditions, and the 
soil, and these same differences make dif- 
ferent results in the appearance and qual- 
ity of the cantaloupes to quite an extent. 
Paro K. BLINN 
CANTELOUPES, GRADE RULES. See under 
Apple Packing. 
CANTALOUP DISEASES 
Anthracnose 
The common anthracnose fungus of the 
muskmelon (Colletotrichum lagenarium 
Pass.) is the same as that of the cucum- 
per. It attacks the stems of plants of 
all sizes as well as the leaves, resulting 
in the lesions of the stem and dead spots 
in the leaves. In these the fungus pro- 
duces the fruiting bodies. After the 
seedling stage is passed it is usually pos- 
sible to keep the anthracnose in check 
by the spraying as recommended for cu- 
cumbers. 
The fruit anthracnose of the musk- 
April 20 to May 20 
April 20 to May 
April 20 to May 
April 10 to May 
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desnceccccecesteneecenese May 1 to June 1 
July 20 to September. 
July 25 to August 25. 
August 1 to September. 
August 1 to September. 
July 20 to August 15. 
July 20 to August 15. 
August 5 to October 1. 
seteeesesenensnensanneneconenses August 25 to September 10. 
August 10 to September 1. 
veceseacnecesennseenseseceancoes August 10 to September. 
enacensnneayseoncnseesasereaenes August 20 to September 20. 
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melon (Colletotrichum  oligochaetum 
Cav.) is widely distributed. It forms 
yellowish, diseased spots on the fruits 
and may disfigure them considerable. 
Thorough spraying with Bordeaux mix- 
ture should hold it in check if begun on 
the young fruits and repeated once or 
twice at intervals. 
Cladosporium 
A fungus occasionally parasitic on 
melons. It produces sunken spots on the 
fruit and stems, usually during moist 
weather. Under such circumstances the 
fruiting stage of the fungus appears over 
the fruits in an olive green color. 
Downy Mildew 
Plasmopara sp. 
Downy mildew of muskmelon is caused 
by the same plasmopara fungus as the 
downy mildew of cucumbers. It does not 
appear until toward the middle of Au- 
gust, but is then very destructive, sweep- 
ing rapidly over the melon fields and 
leaving only devastation behind. In its 
attacks the spots of the muskmelon leaves 
are somewhat different in shape and usu- 
ally of a darker color than in the case 
