CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 
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Montreal (Montreal Market.) Grown largely in 
Canada for the eastern markets. Fruits very large, 
green-fleshed and of good quality. They command the 
highest prices of any melons sold upon our markets. 
Paul Rose is a cross between Osage and Netted Gem. 
Fruits small, spherical, ribbed; flesh yellow and sweet. 
Osage or Miller’s Cream is an excellent midseason 
variety. Fruit medium in size, flesh deep, yellow and of 
good quality. 
Eden Gem and Burrell Gem are varieties valued in 
some districts. 
Casaba Melons are grown chiefly in California for sup- 
plying Eastern markets during early winter. They keep 
in fine condition for a long period after harvesting. 
Hackensack and Early Hackensack are green-fleshed 
varieties of good quality. 
Commercial growers of muskmelons should conduct 
variety tests until they have determined the varieties 
best suited to their soil, climate and market conditions. 
The different sorts vary greatly in their adaptation to 
soils, some succeeding better on heavy soils than others. 
The term “cantaloupe” applies to a type of rough, 
warty, scabby melons grown in Europe but seldom seen 
in this country. This word is said to have been derived 
from the name of a village near Rome. The name has 
no specific meaning in America, for it is given to all 
types of muskmelons. 
509. Climatic requirements. — The muskmelon is much 
more susceptible to the effects of cold than the cucum- 
ber or the squash. It will not stand frost and demands 
rather high summer temperatures for the most satisfac- 
tory results. As a commercial enterprise the crop has 
been grown most extensively in regions where the sea- 
sons are long enough to mature the fruit from seed 
planted in the open ground. While this is true, hundreds 
of acres are produced in some sections from plants 
