236 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
were irrigated yielded 415 crates. After the first few days 
picking the fruit on the non-irrigated field was much smaller 
and darker colored, and averaged only about eight cents a 
quart for the season, while that from the irrigated field aver- 
aged eleven cents a quart. It must be remembered, however, 
that the fruit from the non-irrigated field had to be sold when 
the markets were heavily stocked with berries, while much of 
that from the irrigated area reached the market after prices 
had risen, owing to the general shortage from the effects of 
the drouth. 
The water was not applied until just before the picking sea- 
son opened, although Mr. Eddy thinks better results would 
have been obtained had he begun to use the water two weeks 
earlier. The method of applying first adopted was surface ~ 
flowage, but owing to the mulch between the rows it was found _ 
that this method was a very slow one. The mulch impeded 
the movement of the water, and often changed its course from 
between the two rows where the flow was started. For these 
reasons the plan of sprinkling from hose was adopted. Con- 
demned 2-inch fire hose, with a large sprinkler, was used; this 
threw a powerful spray, covering an area about twenty feet in — 
diameter. The pressure was sufficient to give a flow of thirty 
gallons per minute, with which it was found that one man 
could thoroughly water an acre in about ten hours. Later 
experience has shown that it is better to remove the mulch 
and allow the water to flow between the rows before the pick- 
ing season opens, and then to replace the mulch if necessary. 
RESULTS ON MUSKMELONS. 
When grown on light soil and forced along rapidly early in 
the season, muskmelons have generally proved a very valuable 
crop in this State. Much loss, however, has been occasioned 
by frosts before considerable of the fruit was in condition to. 
market. Mr. Eddy has found that by irrigating he has been 
able to get the melons into market considerably earlier than 
usual, and to get large crops before killing frosts come. As 
the plants only cover a small portion of the ground early in the 
season sprinkling seems to be the best method of applying 
the water, and where the soil is loose and porous, with consid- 
erable fall, sprinkling is, without doubt, the best method for 
