CANTALOUPE BLIGHT IN 1901. 
BY H. H GRIFFIN. 
Bulletin No. 62, gave full information of our results 
looking to the control of the cantaloupe blight, closing with 
the season of 1900. 
The work in 1901 was planned as follows: To treat the 
seed with Bordeaux mixture to control the blight; to de¬ 
termine at what stage of growth the spraying should be done 
to be most efficient 
The work attempted on the station grounds was destroy¬ 
ed by a hailstorm the 24th day of July. Some knowledge 
was gained of the efficacy of early spraying in a field be¬ 
longing to a Mr. Dixon. He had sprayed one part of his 
field twice and another part three times. The first spray¬ 
ing was done when the vines had started to run slightly. 
The second spraying was done about the time the melons 
were setting on the vines, the third about the time 
picking for market commenced. 
At the time I saw the field (first of September) there 
was a marked difference in the vines in the two lots. Those 
sprayed early (hence had the three sprayings) were in much 
the better condition, and Mr. Dixon said the melons were 
of better quality. Mr. Dixon has used the Bordeaux spray 
for two seasons and is very enthusiastic over the benefits to 
be derived from its use for control of cantaloupe blight. 
Another field that was given one spraying late in July, 
was thrifty and bearing splendid melons (August 26) when 
fields across the fence had been abandoned for ten days, 
both fields having produced melons the previous year. 
The sprayed field was also near two fields of melons 
growing on alfalfa sod that about September first were ap¬ 
parently in the best of condition. By Sept. 18th, the fields 
on the alfalfa sod were almost destroyed by the blight, 
while the sprayed field remained in quite good condition 
and was yielding melons of good quality. The sprayed 
field of 14 acres, yielded 3300 crates of marketable melons 
Mr. Crum, the owner, after two years’ trial of the spray, is 
well pleased with the results. 
After the destruction of the vines on the station grounds 
a part of an adjoining field was sprayed. This had been 
