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the fruit was of good quality. On the unsprayed vines the 
fruit ripened prematurely; they were insipid in taste, and it 
could be detected from which vines they were picked. The 
sprayed vines remained green and in a growing condition 
for two or three weeks after the others had succumbed. 
The plants grown from diseased seed did not seem to be 
more susceptible than those grown from seed from healthy 
vines. 
Other experiments were inaugurated in the latter part 
of July on a more extensive scale. Both the Bordeaux 
mixture and an ammoniacal copper carbonate solution were 
used on different vines at each place. The first spraying 
with the Bordeaux mixture was given July 27th and the last 
August 18th. The carbonate was first used August 4th and 
and the last spraying was made August 18th. 
The test was made on seven rows, each 275 feet long, 
the vines that were sprayed remaining in good condition 
fully ten days after the others were gone. The melons 
ripened slower, in better condition, and were of uniformly 
good quality. 
The results from the carbonate were not so pronounced 
as from the Bordeaux mixture. The results from the above 
work were so promising that it was tested on a still more 
extensive scale. About >4 of an acre of melons belonging 
to Senator Swink were sprayed. About one acre was sprayed 
for Mr. John Deweese, and one and three-fourth acres for 
Mr. C. S. Fenlason. Only one application was made at 
these places. These sprayings were done late in the season, 
when the blight was spreading rapidly. These melons were 
surrounded by others that were blighting badly. 
The work confirmed the result of the other trials. Mr. 
Fenlason sold 300 crates of good melons from his sprayed 
field. 
The virtue of the spraying lies largely in the ability of 
the melons to ripen properly, i. e ., to perfect the quality ; 
the benefit is not alone to the vine. 
It took 22 pounds of bluestone to spray the vines at Mr. 
Fenlason’s, which were very large. The estimated cost was 
$6.75 per acre. Had the work been done earlier the cost 
would have been much less. 
APPEARANCE OF THE DISEASE. 
The cantaloupe blight is caused by a true parasitic 
fungus. To the casual observer the first appearance is a 
large number of small brown spots upon the leaves in the 
