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all the other places is good enough ! The older associations have certainly wrought a fine success and Glendale will have to go some to beat them. though the government soil map indi- cates that the Glendale Ioess, a name given by the government experts to the particular character of ground in that vicinity. is the best ever for that business. and there are few places on earth where that peculiarly formed soil is found in any considerable quantity. Another thing is that while melon growing has never been a special busi- ness in the Glendale country many of the farmers there have raised a few melons for their own use and they bear testimony that they grow almost to the extent of being a nuisance. Daniel Kinney stated at the Friday meeting that he had melons last year that con tinued to ripen nicely for three months after the season was supposed to be over and Alex Sila said he had some that he could not kill until he chopped the vines up with hoe. The truth is they will grow anywhere in this valley if given a half a chance but what the Glendale people claim and will stick to until the contrary is proved is that while the Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa City melons are the best ever placed on the market yet, the Glendale article is just few shades finer yet in quality. They point with pride to a railroad man who came here from Rocky Ford some years ago and never got through talking about the flavor of the Rocky Ford melons until last year. when he went back to Colorado and ate his fill of them. Then he re- turned to Glendale and tried the home grown product and pronounced it still better. The reasons for all the Ariz- ona melons being better than elsewhere are that there is an unusual amount of sunshine here, conductive to greater sweetness, and a better soil than in Imperial and COachella valleys where there is equally as much sunshine. And in the markets Arizona has an eX- cellent show by reason of early pro- duction. The Salt river valley melons follow right behind the Coachella and Imperial crop and are ahead of Ten nessee. while Rocky Ford comes later But out at Glendale they are going to try and have them the year round, and as much better in quality and price as the Arizona oranges are better than California.
 Speaking of watermelon culture, the Salt River Valley Melon Growers as sociation. (watermelons) met at the board of trade room Saturday and is now fully organized for business. Everybody in this vicinity who pro- poses to raise watermelons is invited to join the association which will prove greatly to his interest as it will provide an assured market for the pro- duct. The association is to be manag- ed by board of five directors who will serve the entire assocIation to the best of their ability. The directors are G. K. Brewster. chairman; l.. M. Acuff, M. 4. Stanford J. H. Singleton, A. Schreck. The officers are G. R. Brew ster. president; A. J. Shamblin, vice president; A. Schreck, secretary and treasurer. The association now has 13l acres signed up and is ready to or der seed. The secretary has already received s56 for seed which will be ordered about Wednesday. All those desiring seed should notify the secre- tary at once and get the cheapest poss- ible5 rate All growers are invited to join and cooperate.