New Yoke Agricultural Experiment Station. 
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In this test the unthinned rows in nearly every case produced the 
greatest weight of bulbs, and the thinned rows the largest bulbs' 
Melon. 
The following list of melons were planted May 9 on inverted sods 
in the cold frame and were transplanted to the garden May 25 in rows 
twelve feet long and seven feet apart. The transplanting did not 
appear to retard the growth of the plants. 
The data noted are as follows : 
MUSKMELON. 
Seed 
from 
First 
bloom. 
Days 
from 
plant- 
ing. 
First ripe 
fruit. 
Days 
from 
plant- 
ing. 
Bellegarde Canteloup (Fr., de Bel- 
Sept 
le garde) 
Vil. . . . 
July 8 
60 
. 6 
120 
Greg. . 
June 
21 
43 
Aug. 
26 
109 
Burpee's Champion Market 
Creole or New Orleans Market 
Sib. .. 
20 
42 
26 
109 
Sib. .. 
a 
18 
40 
18 
101 
Extra Early Canteloupe 
Greg. . 
<< 
17 
39 
6 
89 
Golden Gem 
Sib. .. 
16 
38 
<< 
22 
105 
Goiden Netted Gem 
Thor. . 
(C 
17 
39 
a 
11 
95 
Jenny Lind 
Miller's Cream 
Thor. . 
17 
39 
a 
12 
94 
Greg. . 
it 
20 
42 
27 
116 
New Ei3 rlyHackensack 
Hen .. 
£< 
20 
42 
11 
94 
Proline Nutmeg 
Vick.. 
<( 
20 
42 
it 
23 
100 
Beedland Giant 
Land.. 
21 
43 
<« 
16 
99 
WATERMELON. 
Seed 
from 
First 
bloom. 
Days 
from 
plant- 
ing. 
First ripe 
fruit. 
Florida Favorite... 
Florida Favorite... 
Florida Favorite... 
Kolb's Gem 
Landreth's Boss — 
Mammoth Ironclad 
Oemler's Triumph . 
Oemler's Triumph . 
Pride of Georgia. . . 
Seikon 
Stokes' Extra Early 
Volga 
Greg. 
Sib. . 
Vick. 
Hen . 
Land. 
Sib. . 
Greg. 
Thor. 
Sib. . 
Vil. . . 
Greg. 
Hen 
July 5 
" 5 
" 5 
" 2 
" 2 
" 8 
" 1 
" 1 
" 5 
" 1 
" 2 
" 1 
57 
57 
57 
54 
54 
60 
53 
53 
57 
53 
54 
53 
Aug. 13 
14 
14 
16 
18 
23 
13 
15 
15 
22 
17 
20 
The Extra Early Canteloupe was the earliest to ripen. It matured 
the first fruit in 89 days from date of planting. 
The latest was the Bellegrade Canteloup, which ripened its first fruit 
120 days from date of planting. 
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