io The Colorado Experiment Station. 
good growth until the heavy frost of August 24th, killed the vines. 
Egg Plant .—The Egg Plant is one of the least known garden 
vegetables and one that deserves being better known. This plant 
is related to the tomato, and -requires the same conditions to make 
its best growth. As it is a warm climate vegetable, it is best to 
start the plants in the green house or hotbed and have them in 
blossom when the weather will permit setting in the field. This, at 
the altitude of Fort Collins, is usually about May 25th to June 
10th. These plants should be given as little water as possible and 
frequent shallow culture. In the Experiment Station plots, Black 
Beauty proved to be the most valuable variety. Plants may be set 
two feet apart with rows three feet apart. The little black Ilea 
beetle and striped potato beetle are the most serious insect pests 
of this vegetable. The best remedy found in our plots was to 
spray the plants with a rather strong application of arsenate of lead. 
This should be done as fast as the plants are set out, as the flea 
beetle is apt to be at its worst about the time the plants are ready 
to be set in the field. 
Melon .—Melon growing in Colorado, is so well known that 
little need be said in regard to it. The melon requires a warm 
climate and thrives best on a sandy loam soil. The Arkansas 
Valley district has been noted for several years for its high quality 
melons. Other sections of the State, notably the Lower Grand 
Valley and the Uncompahgre Valley, are rivaling the Rocky Ford 
district. The Greeley district is also producing melons in a com¬ 
mercial way. The soil of Fort Collins is not well adapted to melon 
culture, and none have been tried in the Experiment Station gar¬ 
dens. 
Onion .—The onion is another vegetable that is becoming of 
commercial importance in various districts of the State. The re¬ 
quirements for the onion are rich loamy soil that can be easily 
irrigated and worked, and where sufficient stable manure can be 
obtained to keep the land in the very best condition. For this 
reason the onion industry is larg'ely confined to areas close to the 
cities of the State. The greatest drawback to onion growing is 
the uncertainty of the market. The yields in the State are fairly 
uniform, and failures are rare. Yields of 300 to 400 sacks, that 
is, 600 to 800 bushels are not uncommon, but the average is much 
less than this. The onion requires a fairly long season to mature, 
therefore is best planted as early in the season as possible. In fact 
onion seed may be planted in the fall. In the Uncompahgre Valley 
where the spring is early the seed is frequently sown in February. 
The ground should be prepared by being preceeded by potatoes or 
some other hoed crop that will free the land from coarse vegetable 
fiber and weeds. It should be thoroughly harrowed and leveled 
