A RUST RESISTING CANTALOUPE. 
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The relative merits of the Pollock melon, and the interest 
created by the investigation of its rnst resisting tendencies led many 
growers to plant it this past season, and many other growers are 
anxious for any evidence toward the improvement of the cantaloupe 
industry. 
The fact that during the past two seasons, several names have 
been given to the Pollock cantaloupe, such as “Eden Gem,’’ “Net¬ 
ted Rocks,” and other suggestive titles, also that several Associ- 
Plate IV. Rust Resistant Hill, showing fine qualities of netting and thick 
flesh, taken Sept. 20, 1905. 
stions and commission men are insisting that their growers shall 
plant only this strain, seems to be good evidence of its practical 
merits. 
In the light of investigation, the rust resisting tendencies of 
the Pollock strain, seem to offer the most immediate solution of 
the rust problem. With this object in view, we hope to induce the 
cantaloupe growers to consider rust and disease resisting plants as 
