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° 5 days. Plants are of upright 
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A handsome, upright growing, mild variety, 
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Cutting a fine field of cantaloupes for seed 

GROWING CANTALOUPES 
Plant 2 lbs. per acre in drills or 1 lb. if hand planted in hills 
1 oz. to 100 hills 
% The land should be a sandy loam, avoiding both too sandy and too 
heavy soil. If possible, do not plant where cantaloupes were grown 
previously within three or four years. A heavy oat stubble plowed under 
is one of the first locations. Bean land is usually very good. ‘The first 
year after alfalfa or clover is not good as a rule because the melons 
grow too soft and are irregular in size, shape, netting and quality. The 
second year after alfalfa or clover is usually very good. Fall plowing 
is best, followed in the spring with several discings. 
If planted in hills the rows should be 5 to 6 feet apart each way. Cross 
cultivating improves the yield, quality and earliness. Plant ten to twelve 
seeds to the hill about 2 inches deep and thin to one or two plants when 
they have 5 or 6 leaves. If drilled in rows 5 to 6 feet apart thin to one 
plant every 3 or 4 feet. Hoe carefully around the plants; Keep free 
from weeds and cultivate often. We have found 8 or 10 cultivations at 
least should be given and more would be better. 
After the vines reach so-far across the row that you can no longer 
cultivate, the ends of the vines should be carefully turned back and an 
additional cultivation given. A knife attached to a one-horse cultivator 
is best for this. Cultivate shallow close to the plants and deeper 
farther away. 
The main spread of roots is on the harder ground under the plowed 
ground. If you plow only 3 or 4 inches deep that will determine the 
depth to the main spreading roots and very shallow cultivating wil] be 
necessary or the crop will be ruined, while if you plow 7 or 8 inches 
deep you can cultivate 5 or 6 inches deep to good advantage. Don’t 
expect an average good crop from too shallow plowing. 
If under irrigation, cantaloupes should be watered regularly about every 
two weeks. Early in the season furrows should be close to the plants 
and water should be allowed to run just long enough to moisten the soil 
beyond the plant row. Later furrows may be farther away from the 
plants. Do not allow the water to remain in the furrows too long so 
that the soil becomes water-logged. Continue irrigating through the 
ripening season to keep the vines thrifty. 
CONTROLLING INSECTS 
The controlling of insects on your cantaloupe crops will increase your 
profits. If pests are allowed to multiply unhampered, entire fields are 
often ruined. The striped cucumber beetle and aphis are the cantaloupe’s 
worst enemies. Turn to page 87 and you will find some suggestions as 
to killing them. ‘ 
CONTROLLING CANTALOUPE WORMS—Write us for Suggestions 

32 D. V. Burrell Seed Growers Co., Rocky Ford, Colo. 
