18 BULLETIN 1250, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
made as to the eating quality of the flesh; others were stored in a 
refrigerator for from 10 to 12 days before being examined. The 
results showing the relation between external appearance and internal 
condition after cutting are given in Table 10. 
A fairly satisfactory separation of the half-slip melons was accom- 
plished by the appearance of the melon. Thus, out of a total of 
1,089 melons in the group classed as satisfactory by appearance, 
68 per cent were of good quality when the flesh was examined; while 
of those with unsatisfactory appearance, 26 per cent proved to have 
flesh of satisfactory flavor. 
TaBLeE 10.—Separation of half-slip melons into groups by external appearance. 
TULARE COUNTY AND TURLOCK, 1920. 
Satisfactory appearance. Unsatisfactory appearance. 
Internal quality found— Internal quality found— 
Lot No. 
Nam ber: |co irks PE erie Pe eNom ber 
exam- ; exam- : 
ined. Géaed: Question-| Not ined. Goud: Question-| Not 
able. edible. able. edible. 
Examined and ana- 
lyzed at once: 
cS Ye ees eee 25 16 8 1 15 3 6 6 
AG Peres ey a 12 12 0 0 6 0 1 5 
AV Gh ee Sie eee il 10 1 0 8 2 5 1 
2] Pees ee ee 12 6 5 1 3 0 0 3 
APB ware Sgn 42k oo 9 0 0 5 0 0 5 
BOG a ee ee 9 3 0 6 ¢ 4 0 3 
428 22S Sh 5 SSL 6 2 4 0 5 1 0 4 
229 ee 10 9 1 0 14 0 7 7 
A830 asa ee 7 i 0 0 6 0 0 6 
432 a neg ie 7 7 0 0 6 0 4 2 
ve ee a eh 11 0 9 2 15 0 7 8 
HOA. Severe eS eb | Fe iy 3 4 0 5 0 0 5 
2G TRESS oe Ea 15 9 4 2 12 0 2 10 
Rotale sso 141 | ~ 93 36 12 107 10 32 
Per cent_._--_- esses seers: 66 25.5 BED das Sears 9.3 29.9 60.7 
Examined, stored, 
and then analyzed: 
ANG ee SS ve 13 4 9 0 15 6 0 9 
AD oie een aaa 9 9 0 0 10 4 0 6 
AO Mire ie rac ye 11 7 4 0 9 0 7 2 
2h Iie Sos ee ee 14 11 3 0 6 0 2 4 
CO ee ie ares epee aS 18 18 0 0 13 4 0 9 
ADGA REE te 11 11 0 0 22 0 12 10 
2 Nex 6 RO see eee a 24 17 7 0 8 0 5 3 
OA 5 es ae 15 15 0 0 17 0 10 7 
cL C2 ahaa ey Es 14 9 5 O Jess eS Se eee eee 
‘AN 0 (24 bas = sapien ca 129 101 28 0 100 14 36 50 
Ber conti: . £)-— | ae 78.3 21.7 Ole ae eeed 14 36 50 

