HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
MUSKMELONS— HOW TO FIGHT INSECTS AND 
DISEASES 
T HE little striped yellow beetle, referred to under 
cucumbers, is also most destructive in a melon patch 
and should be combated promptly. In addition, during 
dry, hot weather, a little black fl'ea is apt to bother the 
seedlings. Fight it by sprinkling the plants with Slug- 
Shot or tobacco dust. Aphis or Green Plant Lice like- 
wise display a preference for melon vines which, when 
badly infected, should be destroyed to prevent spreading 
of the pest. Attempts to control it by spraying have, 
so far, proven only partially successful. 
The bacterial wilt is the most dreaded of the fungous 
diseases attacking melon vines, because science so far 
has failed to discover a remedy. Spreading of rust may 
be prevented by spraying with Bordeaux Mixture. But 
the safest plan, in the home garden, is to promptly pull 
up any diseased vines. Carry them away from the patch 
and destroy by burning, after saturating with coal oil. 
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