
IRRIGATION IN CONNECTICUT. 237 
the entire season. By applying water once in five or six 
days, when a lack of rainfall seemed to make it necessary, Mr. 
Eddy finds he has been able to cause steady growth of the 
vines and to get a much larger yield than could have been 
obtained without artificial watering. ‘There was much com- 
plaint as to the general quality of the fruit of muskmelons in 
the market in 1895, but Mr. Eddy says the flavor of his fruit 
was better than ever before, as attested by many of his custom- 
ers. This may be a valuable feature of irrigation upon this 
crop; however, further experimenting will be necessary to 
establish this fact. The melon crop grown upon one acre by 
irrigation sold for $350, and the vines were ‘‘full of fruit” 
_ when they were killed by frost September rq. 
ONIONS. 
This crop did not suffer materially from drouth during 1895 
in this State. Mr. Eddy’s crop, however, was grown upon 
very light soil, and he had the ground thoroughly sprinkled 
once during the growing season. A small portion of the field 
could not be reached with the hose, and this was allowed to go 
without artificial watering. No measurements of the crop were 
made, but when visited by the writer, while the crop was being 
harvested, considerable difference could be seen between the 
crop on the irrigated land and that on the small strip which 
was not irrigated. One thing especially noticeable in addition 
to the smaller yield was the increased proportion of small onions 
where no water had been used. 
CAULIFLOWER. 
About one acre of this crop was grown during 1895. ‘The 
crop was grown on a field of medium heavy loam only a few 
feet above the bottom lands of the valley. ‘The fall across the 
field, lengthwise of the rows, was at the rate of three feet per 
hundred. From a 2%-inch pipe, with a 2-inch hose, about 
forty gallons of water per minute could ‘be obtained, and only 
about eleven minutes were required for the water to flow from 
one end of the rows to the other, a distance of 175 feet. The 
water was applied once in about five or six days, if the lack of 
rainfall seemed to make it necessary. ‘The cauliflower headed 
earlier than usual in 1895, and the crop sold readily at about 
¢400 per acre. 
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