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BULLETIN 315, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
EXPLANATION OF MAP. 
In the map (fig. 6) showing the cantaloupe shipments in 1914 
each dot represents five cars or fraction thereof. These dots are 
grouped in the 
county in which 
the stations are 
located, although 
it is well known 
that production 
does not actually 
follow county 
lines. In cases 
where the ship- 
ments are too 
heavy to be rep- 
resented by dots, 
the counties have 
been blacked in 
and the actual 
number of cars 
shipped is given 
in figures. The 
size of the black- 
ened area is not in 
proportion to the 
quantity shipped, 
as the tabulation 
plainly shows. 
The use of the 
county as a unit is merely for convenience and can not locate accu- 
rately the exact boundaries of producing areas. 
MAY 
JUNE 
JULY 
AUGUST 
SEPTEMBER 
CALIFORNIA 
1 1 
TEXAS 
LOUISIANA 
FLORIDA 
i 
GEORGIA 
| SOUTH CAROLINA 
i 
MISSISSIPPI 
I 
L_ NORTH CAROLINA \ 
ARKANSAS 
i 
ARIZONA 
1 
MISSOURI 
1 NEVADA | 
VIRGINIA 
\ 
TENNESSEE 
i i 
/ND/AAIA 
1 i 
IL L INOIS 
1 i 
| MARYLAND 
1 i 
L_ NEW JERSEY 
WASHINGTON 
NEW MEXICO | 
DELAWARE 
UTAH | 
i 
COLORADO 
\ 
\michigan 1 
Fig. 7. — Cantaloupe shipping seasons. 
SHIPPING DATES. 
The dates within which the various areas shipped cantaloupes 
are shown by curved lines, all the areas shipping at a given period 
being grouped under the line representing that period. The first 
important commercial shipments of cantaloupes were from the 
Imperial Valley in California. These were followed closely by 
shipments from Florida and southern Texas, and after that the 
sources of supply were very widely distributed and numerous areas 
were in competition. These seasonal fines with their dates are 
subject to some changes from year to year. However, they furnish 
a general view of competing areas and shipping seasons which will 
be of value to those interested in cantaloupe marketing. 
