The Fallon standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1920-1958, 1921-05-25
Melon Market
Seems Certain
Canteloupe Association WIN Have
An Excellent Season and Crops
Look Well Everywhere

With Newlands project eante
loupe plants growing over a larg,
area and every promise held out 70,
a large production of melons inter.
est is commencing to center on the
marketing situation that Will gov.
ern at harvest time. This season
Will be the first when melon pro.
ducts will be shipped to markets
under association auspices for hitb-
erto individuals have sought mar.
kets In a desultory way only. gut
despite this fact Fallon canteloupes
are far famed and II Is believed thai
the full production of the valley Will
flnd profitable outside markets with
little effort on the part of the as
sociation.
OF interest in this connection Ia
the announcement by ]. NJ. Fulton.
district freight and passenger agent
OF the Southern. Pacific railroad
company. that his company will aid
the association with better freight
rate than the one now In effect on
melons between Fallon and probable
markets. At the present time a can't
eloupe shipping rate is in effect be-
tween Fallon and New York City OF
s2.0s per hundredweight as com
pared with a rate of s1.77h per
hundredweight between the Inner
ial valley of California and the
same destination.
The Reno chamber OF commerce
and the Rotary club OF that civ
have gone on record as desiring 10
aid the Fallon melon Industry and
prospective consumers of our melons
at all outside Nevada points are
watching with interest the deyelop-
ment OF this infant industry. II is
believed that the five thousand
households OF Reno and Sparks will
probably consume as much as one
carload of Fallon melons weekly
throughout the season.
The melon association is In re-
ceipt of adyiees from a Denver COM
mission house stating that it will be
possible to handle a carload daily at
that point while an Omaha, Nebr..
hrm has signlfed a desire to buy our
melons In carload lots. The eastern
commission houses favor car lots
containing one-third standard fats
and two-thirds standards. The
standard lots containing 12 large
are in demand for din
Ing car and hotel service. according
to the Denver agents of the local as
ISOLATION.
Thus IL will be observed that a
vital part Of the melon growing in
dustry is at least substantially taken |
care OF and with continued effort on |
the part of those leading in the en-
terpriaa II is believed that cante-
loupe growing is on a firm basis
here.
Crops are In a satisfactory condi- |
ton and many patches show COM
mendaale uniformity of growth and |
healthy condition of plants some of |
which are several inches above
ground. Late frosts did no harm as |
safegu rds we're used In all cases.
b. crane. In the Sheckler district.
states hat his patch shows an
SO to 30 per cent stand OF mel
ons. q. J. Yannoy's melons are In
splendid condition. Other growers
reporting assert similar conditions
In summary. II can be said that
with Il full production of A No. one
with market conditions
the best in years. and with every
one working TO the final success OF
the enterprise good return must
be realized by the farmer and last
Ing satisfaction secured over = real
success accomplished along strictly
agrieul tural lines by the farmers
themsCive